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Meaning of close-bodied | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.

Examples

“it was the custom to wear underneath their hykes (the hyke was a large woollen blanket) a close bodied frock or tunic , not unlike the Roman tunic.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

close-coupled close-cropped close-ear close-eared close-fisted close-fitting

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