A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
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 type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette.
An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.
Something or someone who suspends.
An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.