different between boddice vs bodice

English

Noun

boddice (plural boddices)

1. Obsolete form of bodice.
   • 1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

     her innocent bosom palpitated beneath the crimson boddice

Anagrams

• bodiced

English

Etymology

From bodies, plural of body (“upper part of a dress”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?d?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?d?s/
• Hyphenation: bod?ice

Noun

bodice (plural bodices)

1. (fashion) A sleeveless shirt for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves.
2. (fashion) Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piece dress or European folk costume.
3. (fashion) The upper portion of a women's one-piece dress, equivalent to a shirt.
4. (fashion) Underbodice: an undershirt for women, (archaic) particularly a corset or other undershirt stiffened with whalebone.

Hyponyms

• (sleeveless shirt for women): jelick (Ottoman Turkish version); dudou (Chinese version); yem (Chinese version in Vietnamese contexts); angiya (Indian Muslim version); jumps (obsolete European version)
• (sleeved shirt for women): See blouse
• (undershirt for women): See underbodice

Meronyms

• (sleeveless shirt for women): plastron (decorated front area)
• (upper part of a dress): robing (decorative trim)

Derived terms

• bodice ripper
• liberty bodice
• Watteau bodice

Translations

Anagrams

• ceboid