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Definition of Bodice
1. Noun. Part of a dress above the waist.
Definition of Bodice
1. n. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.
Definition of Bodice
1. Noun. An article of clothing for women, covering the body from the neck to the waist, lacking sleeves or with detachable sleeves. ¹
2. Noun. A woman's blouse-like garment, especially with European folk dress. ¹
3. Noun. The upper portion of a one- or two-piece dress, in distinction to the skirt and sleeves. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn especially by women; a corset; stays. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bodice
1. a corset [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bodice
1. 1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc, worn especially. By women; a corset; stays. 2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. "Her bodice half way she unlaced." (Prior) Origin: This is properly the plural of body, Oe. Bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. To a bodice. Cf. Corset, and see Body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodice
Literary usage of Bodice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Numismatic Circularby Spink & Son by Spink & Son (1908)
"О — Siu.ilar to th;- obverse of Type 4, except that an ornament formed ot seven
beads is in front of the plain bodice. O. — Similar to the obverse of Type 3 ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... hence, for (1) and (2) we may write i they be regarded as moving around the
earth, must mon (3)1 tor til the heavenly bodice except the moon. ..."
3. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1907)
"I take them from the dress, the ruff, and bodice, as well as the hair. The fashion
of both I can plainly assert is not to be met with in France before the ..."
4. Dorothy Q.: Together with A Ballad of the Boston Tea Party & Grandmother's by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"... No time for bodice-lacing or for looking-glass grimacing; Down my hair went
as I hurried, tumbling half-way to my heels ; God forbid your ever knowing, ..."
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