bodice
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- part of a dress above the waist
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
2.A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. [1913 Webster]
Her bodice half way she unlaced.— Prior.[1913 Webster]