Synonyms for bodice

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bod-is

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒd ɪs

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Définition of bodice

Origin : 1560s, oddly spelled plural of body, name of a tight-fitting Elizabethan garment covering the torso; plural because the body came in two parts which fastened in the middle. Bodice-ripper for "racy romance novel" is from 1981.

As in corset : noun girdle
As in blouse : noun shirt for woman

Example sentences :

She took out a handkerchief from inside the bodice of her dress and dried her eyes.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Nana no longer needed to stuff wads of paper into her bodice, her breasts were grown.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Next he would sniff at her waist and bodice: "Ah, that's wall-flowers!"
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

She was quite flushed, and her bodice, generally so still and lifeless, began to heave.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

From a recess covered by a shawl running on a string she took down her bodice.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

He assumes that the lettering which borders the bodice in this drawing—ALS.
Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue

Rosina had come over to her and was fastening the hooks of her bodice.
Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton

And she produced a yellow document from her bodice and laid it on the table.
Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne

She shook her hair straight, fastened the collar of her bodice, and, was dressed.
Extract from : « A Girl of the Klondike » by Victoria Cross

There was a dark, half-dried stain upon the front of her bodice.
Extract from : « A Girl of the Klondike » by Victoria Cross

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