bodice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun part of a dress above the waist

WordNet

Bod"ice noun
Etymology
This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. Corset, and see Body.
Definitions
  1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. 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.

Webster 1913