#311 decolletage

decolletage- a low-cut neck line or a woman's garment with a low neck

C19 from French decollete

A young woman with downcast eyes hastened across a balcony in Venice, a black veil artfully draped over her hair and shoulders to reveal her pale, comely face and low decolletage.

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