corselet

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɔːslət/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together.
  2. An entire suit of armor, made up chiefly of the breastplate and backpiece worn with a headpiece and with a gorget, pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, and tassets attached.
    — Strictly speaking, the word corcelet meant only that part which covered the body, but was generally used to express the whole suit, under the terms of a corselet furnished, or complete.
  3. A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
  4. A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette.
  5. The thorax of an insect.
    — With the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.

词形变化

corselets plural corcelet alternative corselette alternative corslet alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
corseleted

词源

From French corselet, from cors, an archaic spelling of corps (“body”).
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