close-bodied

adj

close-bodied

adj

1

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

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.1829, Robet Hawker, A new uniform edition of the works of the rev. Robert:

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