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corslet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | corselet |
| Type of | body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour |
Examples of corslet
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The woman's corslet is so tight that it seems to have grown into the woman's body.
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This time he claimed to have fought the battle without even bothering to put on his corslet until two hours after the fighting began.
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Sigurd uses his sword Gram to cut the corslet, starting from the neck of the corslet downwards, he continues cutting down her sleeves, and takes the corslet off of her.
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- Corselet: a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece
- A corslet is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a piece of defensive armour covering the body." In Ancient Greek armies, the 'hoplite', or heavy infantryman, wore a bronze corslet or known as the thorax (or a linen version known as the linothorax) to protect his upper body. ...
- Alternative form of corselet
- (n): a piece of defensive armor. FS (2-Corio, TNK); (anon.) Locrine.
- (Fr. corselet, diminutive of the Fr. corps, body), a comparatively light cuirass, is more strictly a breastplate only.
