All 5 Uses of
bodice
in
Dune
- I know you came prepared for violence with a weapon in your bodice.†
Book 1 *
- With a gasp, Mapes dropped the sheathed knife into Jessica's hand, tore open the brown bodice, wailing: "Take the water of my life!†
Book 1
- Swiftly, Mapes grabbed the sheathed knife, concealed it in Jessica's bodice.†
Book 1
- Jessica felt the cold sheath of the crysknife beneath her bodice, thought of the long chain of Bene Gesserit scheming that had forged another link here.†
Book 1
- The too-dark sky hung over the slope like a blot, and the milky light of the Arrakeen sun gave the scene a silver cast—light like the crysknife concealed in her bodice.†
Book 1
Definition:
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(bodice) part of a dress above the waist
or more archaically: a type of women's underwear worn above the waste