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bod·ice (bäd′is)

noun

  1. the upper part of a woman's dress
  2. a kind of vest formerly worn over a blouse or dress by women or girls, usually laced in front
  3. Archaic a corset

Etymology: altered < bodies, pl. of body, in obs. sense of “part of dress above the waist”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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