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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bodice
       n : part of a dress above the waist

















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