corselet vs waist

corselet

noun
  • 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. 

waist

noun
  • A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. 

  • That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle. 

  • The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft. 

  • The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. 

  • The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). 

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