English Dictionary

corselet

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɔːslət/

名詞

Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together.

日本語の意味

胴部全体を保護する防具、特に胸当てと背当てからなる胴鎧

The knight adjusted his corselet before mounting his horse, mindful of the long day's campaign ahead.

騎士は馬に乗る前に胴当てを調整し、これからの長い遠征を心に留めていた。

意味（1）

Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together.

意味（2）

The entire suit of the day, made up chiefly of the breastplate and backpiece worn with a headpiece and with the 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.

意味（3）

A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.

意味（4）

A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette.

意味（5）

(zoology) 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.

corselets （ plural ）