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bodice (noun) -
1: the upper part of a woman's dress
2 archaic : corset, stays
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : The term bodice is derived from body. One sense of the word body is “the part of a garment covering the body or trunk.” In the 17th and 18th centuries a woman’s corset was often called a “pair of bodies.” The plural bodies, or bodice, was eventually interpreted as a singular. Bodice is now most often used to refer to the upper part of a woman’s dress.
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