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BODICE
bodice
(noun) part of a dress above the waist
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bodice (plural bodices)
(fashion) A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
(fashion) Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume.
(fashion) The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt.
(fashion) Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.
Hyponyms
• (sleeveless shirt for women): jelick (Ottoman Turkish version); dudou (Chinese version); yem (Chinese version in Vietnamese contexts); angiya (Indian Muslim version); jumps (obsolete European version)
• (sleeved shirt for women): See blouse
• (undershirt for women): See underbodice
Meronyms
• (sleeveless shirt for women): plastron (decorated front area)
• (upper part of a dress): robing (decorative trim)
Anagrams
• ceboid
Source: Wiktionary
Bod"ice, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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