Blouse; any shirt for women, particularly the upper part of a two-piecedress or Europeanfolk costume.
1829 June 10 (date written),[Washington Irving], “[The Legend of Don Roderick.] The Story of Florinda.”, inLegends of the Conquest of Spain (The Crayon Miscellany;no. 3), Philadelphia, Pa.:[Henry Charles] Carey,[Isaac] Lea, & Blanchard, published1835,→OCLC,pages38–39:
As she knelt, too, her amber locks fell in rich ringlets about her beautiful head, her innocent bosom palpitated beneath the crimsonboddice, and her timid blushes increased the effulgence of her charms.
On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. She is wearing Tyrolese costume: the low-cut whitebodice with cross-laced velvet waistcoat, the floral apron and dirndl skirt.
(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)
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