'Bodice' definitions:
Definition of 'bodice'
(from WordNet)
noun
Part of a dress above the waist
Definition of 'Bodice'
From: GCIDE
- Bodice \Bod"ice\, n. [This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. Corset, and see Body.]
- 1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. [1913 Webster]
- Her bodice half way she unlaced. --Prior. [1913 Webster]