sein

le sein (FR N-M) breast, chest, the front part of the human torso, where the mammary glands are found; the mammary glands themselves (also found in other mammals); womb; interior. The female breast has been both elevated to mystical, religious heights of symbolism, often conflated with Christ, and eroticized, in changing fashions that (over-)emphasized their shapes, or, covered with layers in an imposition of modesty or shame. Clément Marot immortalized the breast with his poem »Le Beau Tétin«…