bodice
IPA: bˈɑdɪs
noun
- A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
- Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume.
- The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt.
- Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.
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Examples of "bodice" in Sentences
- I tried to wear a tight bodice dress.
- Corsage refers to the bodice of a dress.
- She wore a loose bodice with sleeves reaching the elbow.
- The skirt was trimmed with white roses and the bodice with lace.
- A rope of gold was criss crossed across the bodice of the dress.
- A fitted bodice held the front of the gown closely to the figure.
- The bodice of a dress was called the corsage in the nineteenth century.
- Her bodice is suggestive of a Victorian style corset, lacing up the front.
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