"1786: He is able to pierce a corslet with his eye, talks like a knell, and his hum is a battery. — William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene IV, line 20."
°Also used for the entiresuit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.
"1786: He is able to pierce a corslet with his eye, talks like a knell, and his hum is a battery. — William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene IV, line 20."
°Also used for the entiresuit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.