The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part
      of a woman's dress, or a portion of it.
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            Her bodice half way she unlaced.      --Prior.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bodice
    n 1: part of a dress above the waist