1) Body armor 2) Body armour 3) Cataphract 4) Coat of mail 5) Corselet 6) Suit of armor 7) Suit of armour 8) Western plate armour 1) Corselet 
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. The corslet consisted of two plates connected on the sides v...
armour for the torso
• (n.) A corselet.
Cors'let noun A corselet. [ Obsolete] Hakluyt. 
corselet (def. 2).