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.