bodice
noun/ˈbɒdɪs/
/ˈbɑːdɪs/
- the top part of a dress, above the middle part of the bodyTopics Clothes and Fashionc2Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally bodies): plural of body, retaining the original pronunciation. The term probably first denoted an undergarment, then known as a pair of bodice, although this sense is not recorded until the early 17th cent.
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