A woman's undergarment combining a corset and girdle, providing support and shaping from chest to hips.
From French 'corselette,' a diminutive of 'corselet,' which came from 'cors' (body). The word evolved from armor terminology to describe fashion garments that similarly shaped the body.
It's wild that 'corselette' is basically the fashion industry's term for a modernized medieval armor piece—both cinch the body for a specific silhouette. Fashion and armor have been influencing each other for centuries!
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