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noun a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress.
the part of a woman's dress covering the body between the neck or shoulders and the waist. Compare waist (def. 4).
Obsolete . stays or a corset.
Origin of bodice 1560–70; bodies, plural of body
Words nearby bodice bodhi, Bodhidharma, Bodhisattva, Bodhi Tree, bodhran, bodice , bodice ripper, Bo Diddley beat, bodied, bodiless, bodily
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Example sentences from the Web for bodice Since the film is set in the 19th century, Jones was outfitted in a series of Victorian era gowns, replete with bodice and bustle.
Felicity Jones Is Bound for Stardom | Marlow Stern| December 29, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Many of the looks, like a bodice worn with a figure-hugging pencil skirt, remained seductive and sexy despite its muted colors.
Gareth Pugh's Sci-Fi Galaxy | Liza Foreman| September 25, 2013| DAILY BEAST
It was so big that it took me an hour to get into it and the only way for me to go to the bathroom was to take off the bodice .
Diane Kruger Couldn't Pee in Her Dior Dress; Lady Gaga Takes Sides in De la Renta v. Horyn | The Daily Beast| September 19, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Also, coins did not conveniently slide into the “vault” (Bunny-speak for bodice ) the way paper money did.
My Mom’s Life as a Playboy Bunny | Susanna Speier| September 25, 2011| DAILY BEAST
She too holds a fan, and wears a gown of rich brocade with bodice and sleeves thickly sown with pearls.
Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan and Lorraine, 1522-1590 | Julia Cartwright
The bodice was cut rather low in the neck, and the sleeves did not come down anything like as far as the wrists.
Light O' The Morning | L. T. Meade
The Norwegian bodice goes quite well with it, and that's big enough, at any rate.
A Pair of Schoolgirls | Angela Brazil
The upper classes wear a sleeved polka jacket instead of the bodice .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 | Various
A flutter of interest passed through the closely-packed benches as a woman in petticoat and bodice was led in by two nurses.
The Man from Archangel | A. Conan Doyle
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British Dictionary definitions for bodice noun the upper part of a woman's dress, from the shoulder to the waist
a tight-fitting corset worn laced over a blouse, as in certain national costumes, or (formerly) as a woman's undergarment
Word Origin for bodice C16: originally Scottish bodies , plural of body
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