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
Ivan drew from his necktie his breast-pin, and with it closed the countess's corselet.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
A linen corselet came into use instead of the heavy metal cuirass.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
A corselet of reserve drew about him; the old subtle reservation again veiled his eyes.
From Caybigan by Hopper, James
His corselet, steel cap, and gauntlets lay beside him, and seemed to show that he had just come in from the field.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
