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.
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.
Hear it pronounced