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
Jason saw King Æetes in his chariot, a blazing torch lighting his corselet and his helmet.
From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic
My corselet was torn open under the iron hoofs of the horses.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne
And still they had seen no moving thing upon the great round breast of the sea that gleamed in its corselet of brass plates under a brazen sun.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
Still at the age of vigorous manhood, he wore an iron corselet and arm-pieces, while a heavy sword hung from his side.
From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne
