Definition of Corselets

1. Noun. (plural of corselet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corselets

1. corselet [n] - See also: corselet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corselets

corruptresses
corrupts
corruscate
corruscated
corruscates
corruscating
corruscation
cors
corsac
corsacs
corsage
corsages
corsair
corsairs
corselet
corselets (current term)
corselette
corselettes
corsepresent
corsepresents
corses
corset
corseted
corsetiere
corsetieres
corseting
corsetless
corsetlessness
corsetlike
corsetmaker

Literary usage of Corselets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"And weave them willow-shields; or melt and mould corselets of brass or shining silver greaves; None now for pruning-hook or sacred plough Have love or care: ..."

2. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1902)
"IX. Part III. of the " Asiatic Transactions." They can there read to their hearts' content about corselets, taces, greaves, ..."

3. Pausanias's Description of Greece by Pausanias (1898)
"Linen corselets may be seen dedicated in various sanctuaries. Three linen corselets were dedicated in the Carthaginian treasury at Olympia (vi. 19. 7). ..."

4. The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1898)
"... the Milanese gave corselets and other armour to the Swiss, with the ins promises, ... fort Jes corselets graves de Milan et ne trouvoit point quit* ..."

5. Armour in England from the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First by John Starkie Gardner (1897)
"Monstrelet mentions that the Milanese gave corselets and other armour to the Swiss, ... Milan furnished the finest engraved and most elegant corselets for ..."

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