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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
decollete

1831, from French décolleté, past participle of décolleter "to bare the neck and shoulders," from de- (see de-) + collet "collar of a dress," diminutive of col (Latin collum) "neck" (see collar (n.)). Not to be confused with decollate (v.), which means "to behead."

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decollete

a. Having a low-cut neckline.

WordNet
decollete

adj. (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline; "a low neckline" [syn: low-cut, low-necked]

Usage examples of "decollete".

He felt his heart grow big inside him looking at her in her evening gown, sufficiently decollete to emit a warm fragrance from her cleavage, her musical score in the chic Gucci cover Pazzi had given her.

She found a long dinner gown in cream silk, narrowly but deeply decollete beneath an exquisite beaded jacket.

The flames lit the deeps of her decollete and he did not have to be vigilant about her sleeves.

But the audience itself had interested her, and the decollete gowns had been particularly impressing.

Cressler, and young Miss Gretry, an awkward, plain-faced girl of about nineteen, dressed extravagantly in a decollete gown of blue silk.

As for herself, she decided upon a dinner gown of black, decollete, with sleeves of lace.

However, her red-gold hair was dramatic color enough, and her black lace gown was cut in a decollete that displayed her legendary attributes to a perilous degree.

He had to step quickly aside as Georgiana swept in, her midnight blue cloak parting to reveal an exceedingly decollete damson satin gown beneath.

Holly wondered with a brief resurgence of her normal sense of humour as she glanced briefly at the outrageously decollete dress that Patsy was wearing.

She wore no jewels, but her little, undeveloped neck and shoulders, of an exquisite immaturity, rose from the tulle bodice of her first decollete gown.

The air was warm and it was only halfway through the t meal when one of the women diners, who wore a sleeveless dress and a decollete, commented to the maitre d'hotel that a chill had entered:' the air that the windows were closed.