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Definition of corset. 1  1 : a usually close-fitting and often laced medieval jacket. 2  2 : a woman's close-fitting boned supporting undergarment that is often hooked and laced and that extends from above or beneath the bust or from the waist to below the hips and has garters attached.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. n. A defense for the front of the thigh, consisting of one or more iron plates hanging from the belt on the lower edge of the corselet. from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. n. In armor: A splint of steel of which several form the skirt, depending from the cuirass in the complete armor of the fifteenth century, before the introduction of the base.