bodice
nounEtymology
From bodies, plural of body (“upper part of a dress”).
Definitions
A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable…
A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
A blouse
A blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or similar European folk costume.
- As she knelt, too, her amber locks fell in rich ringlets about her beautiful head, her innocent bosom palpitated beneath the crimson boddice, and her timid blushes increased the effulgence of her charms.
The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt, sometimes…
The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt, sometimes specifically excluding the sleeves.
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An underbodice
An underbodice: an undershirt for women.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bodice. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA