Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bodice \Bod"ice\, n. [This is properly the plural of body, Oe.
   bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. {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.      --Prior.

Source : WordNet®

bodice
     n : part of a dress above the waist