BODICE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.

2.
n.

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.


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