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Bodice definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BOD'ICE, n. Stays; a waistcoat, quilted with whalebone; worn by women.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: part of a dress above the waist

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of bodies, plural of ¹body Date: 1566 1. the upper part of a woman's dress 2. archaic corset, stays

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the part of a woman's dress (excluding sleeves) which is above the waist. 2 a woman's undergarment, like a vest, for the same part of the body. Etymology: orig. pair of bodies = stays, corsets

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bodice Bod"ice, n. [This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. Corset, and see Body.] 1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays. 2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. Her bodice half way she unlaced. --Prior.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bodices) The bodice of a dress is the part above the waist. ...dress with a fitted bodice and circle skirt. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Corset, stays. 2. Waist (of a dress), corsage.