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corset (s.xiii2/4)
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corset (s.xiii2/4)

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corset,  corsette  
  FEW:  corpus 2/ii,1213b Gdf:  corset 2,316b GdfC:  corset 9,209a TL: corset 2,911 DEAF:  cors 1 (corset)  DMF:  corset  TLF:  corset  OED:  corset n.  MED:  corset n.  DMLBS:  corsettum 504a

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costumedoublet, jerkin: 
( c.1358 )  pro factura 2 tunicarum, unius corset  Durham 561
( 1364-72 )  une cote de violette brunette pur […] la Roine […] et meismes les corsettes facez fururer de menevoir pur […]  TNA E101/395/2/65
( 1396; MS: c.1400 )  des pourpoins, cotes [hardiz], surcotes overtes et corsetes, vous en taillerez  Man lang1 48
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  chaperons ové longez cornettez et corsetez  Man lang ANTS 6.5-6
♦fig.costumeprotective jacket: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Ici comence li prologes Qui corset en romanz est apelez  Corset ANTS Prol
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