What is the difference between corselet and corset?
corselet | corset |
Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together.
Also used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 21:
A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette
(zoology) The thorax of an insect.
*1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
*:With the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.
A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, a tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women.
To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
(figuratively) To restrict or confine.
As nouns the difference between corselet and corset
is that corselet is armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together while corset is a woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.As a verb corset is
to enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.corselet
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Alternative forms
* corcelet * corselette * corsletNoun
(en noun)- 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.
Anagrams
* * * * ----corset
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(wikipedia corset)Noun
(en noun)Verb
- Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
- "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.