Meaning of bodicing | Babel Free

Definitions

The design, construction, or wearing of a bodice.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Her bosom—for her summer bodicing / Clung with such loving closeness to her shape / And told as traitor what it should have hid— / Stood with obtrusion’s modest veiling out / Demurely perfect.”

“WOMEN’S ORLON-NYLON TAFFETA SLIPS / Regularly $11. Lavish lace bodicing, zip closing.”

“The bloom of fashion / Figure-following silk, aglow with Spring flowers (species: anonymous) and a new twist in bodicing that’s stunningly becoming! Poppy red or island blue on white; misses’ sizes.”

“A cunning (but comfortable) piece of stiff bodicing showed off more cleavage than she was used to, and emphasized her narrow waist and curvaceous hips.”

“I could tell that beneath her skirt frame and her stiff bodicing she was a small thin figure and she was getting old.”

“Meanwhile a fixation with Bridgerton’s bodicing been catered for by retailers - Asos reports that it has sold, on average, three corsets every minute this year - while #Regencycore has had 32.9m views on TikTok.”

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