An old remnant of the back of a corselet was at hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference

Sigmund had on a corselet, the axe came on his shoulder.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference

Her breasts were small and the corselet hid their curve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

As the guardsman that sleeps in his corselet of steel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference

He shone like a carp in a corselet of gilded fish-scales.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

I tore off the silver-scaled corselet, the horned helmet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wings in the Night]

Put on his corselet of steel, and all the rest of his armor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School] Reference

With his own hands Captain Jules fastened the brass corselet about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference

Pronounce: therefore; franchise; wily; Sachem, pumpkin; matrons; corselet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elson Readers, Book 5] Reference

Him whom he strikes with lance or sword, neither corselet nor shield protects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cligés. English] Reference

Uru-Azag addressed me, clad in an ill-fitting corselet, his dagger in his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kushiel's Avatar]

While he whittled it, and Leonnatos held it steady, I undid the corselet-buckles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Persian Boy]

My saddle is my throne and my helmet is my crown, my corselet is my robe of state.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference

I slid the corselet from under him; we eased it off, hindered by the knots in the cane.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Persian Boy]

No bones appeared to be broken, although his corselet was dented and he bore several bruises.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan]

Madge's slender neck and set a big copper helmet which he screwed over her head to her corselet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference

At bedtime I looked at his splendid arms, which the squires had burnished, and his new corselet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Persian Boy]

In a few minutes Nanaia was dressed in the Hyrkanian's garments, all but the helmet and corselet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conan the Wanderer]

Sir Kenneth's lance had pierced through the shield, through a plated corselet of Milan steel, through a.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference

Then how do you manage to make the corselet well proportioned if it is to fit an ill-proportioned body?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memorabilia] Reference

Backstage, Meidias gave me his kilted corselet and his mask as if he wished they were steeped in poison.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mask of Apollo]

Fit indeed! that I most distinctly do (he answered), take my word for it: no use in a corselet without that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memorabilia] Reference

In moments, with the speed of two decades 'practice, he had whipped his corselet from the stand and clasped it on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

Another point: the corselet should be so constructed that it does not prevent its wearer sitting down or stooping.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Horsemanship] Reference

"And I presume, Maître Barou, they are both expensive things; but the price of your corselet, for my time is short.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Orrain A Romance] Reference

When he finished, he sheathed his sword, then carefully folded the cloth and slipped it beneath his leather corselet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Veiled Dragon]

T. Cook, p. 380 Or, “how do you make a well-proportioned corselet fit an ill-proportioned body? how well proportioned?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memorabilia] Reference

I will put on my head piece and corselet one day, and you shall hew at me, allowing me my broadsword to parry and pay back?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference

The corselet had been removed, and a portion of the clothing cut away, and Spikeman lay on his side, spasmodically breathing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference

His armour was ingeniously painted, so as to represent a skeleton; the ribs being constituted by the corselet and its back-piece.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castle Dangerous] Reference

Paying a visit to Pistias,379 the corselet maker, when that artist showed him some exquisite samples of his work, Socrates exclaimed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memorabilia] Reference

Eurydike changed into her tunic, clasped on her tooled-hide corselet, laced down the shoulder-pieces, put on riding-boots and greaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

The hauberk and corselet were used by the Crusaders, and the chain-armor of Milan was nearly or quite impervious to the sword and spear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861] Reference