Corslet

A corslet is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a piece of defensive armour covering the body."

In Ancient Greek armies, the "hoplite", or heavy infantryman, wore a bronze corslet or known as the thorax (or a linen version known as the linothorax) to protect his upper body.

By the 16th century, the corslet, also spelled corselet, was popular as a light-half-armour for general military use, e.g., by town guards.

It was made up of a gorget, breast covering, back and tassets, full arms and gauntlets.

In the 10th and 11th century, the depiction of some Byzantine troops wearing a metallic corselet lamellar armour (besides the lorikion scale armour that was widely used by the Stratioti) is shown in the Skylitzes and Madrid Skylitzes chronicles and of the Menologion of Basil II.