corselet
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Famed Choreographer Agnes de Mille, who danced the part first in 1938, turned up as Venus in droopy net stockings, ruffled corselet and a blonde wig suggesting Gorgeous George playing Lady Godiva.
From Time Magazine Archive
His corselet had been broken, disclosing the end of a thin roll of papyrus.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.
He wore long riding-boots of Spanish leather, a light corselet of tough steel, inlaid with arabesques of gold, and a big quilted Spanish hat.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
A linen corselet came into use instead of the heavy metal cuirass.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
This linen corselet was found also among the Egyptians, the Greeks, and the Romans.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
