décolletage

noun

dé·​col·​le·​tage (ˌ)dā-ˌkä-lə-ˈtäzh 

(ˌ)dā-ˌkȯl-ˈtäzh, 

ˌde-klə-

1

: the low-cut neckline of a dress

2

: a dress having a low-cut neckline

3

: the area of a woman's chest around the top of the breasts

She highlighted her décolletage with a mesmerising necklace …

—Lily Jobson

Examples of décolletage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s a place in this world for book covers with someone’s lush decolletage and a font from a wedding menu. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026

In the ’60s and ’70s, men wore suits and women elegant frocks with decolletage demurely hidden by the softest of fur from some dead animal. — Oc Register, 25 Jan. 2026

Her black floor-length dress included a simple decolletage neckline and a translucent pleated skirt. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025

That line belongs to Triss Merigold, who is shocked when Yennefer pulls a small jade statue out of her decolletage and transforms it back into Francesca Findabair, the elven queen still grieving the loss of both her husband and her infant heir. — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, from décolleter "to expose the neck and shoulders" + -age -age — more at décolleté entry 1

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1