bra vs corselet

bra

noun
  • An item of underwear worn to support the breasts. 

  • One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket. 

corselet

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

  • An entire suit of armor, made up chiefly of the breastplate and backpiece worn with a headpiece and with a gorget, pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, and tassets attached. 

  • The thorax of an insect. 

  • Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together. 

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

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