bodice
A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleevesA corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
» She wore a dress with a boned bodice.
Meaning
5 sensesA corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
A blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or similar European folk costume.
Mieder
The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt, sometimes specifically excluding the sleeves.
An underbodice: an undershirt for women.
An underbodice: an undershirt for women.
(archaic)Particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.
корса́жkorsáž, корсе́тkorsét
- part of a dress above the waist
Examples
2 sentencesShe wore a dress with a boned bodice.
This bodice was made with linen and synthetic whalebone.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From bodies, plural of body (“upper part of a dress”).From bodies, plural of body (“upper part of a dress”).
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