Bodice
Bodice ({not transcribed}) , noun
[This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Compare 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.