After the 18th-century French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau. Watteau bodice (plural Watteau bodices) A kind of bodice with short ruffled sleeves....
73: “Would you care to see the famous Watteaus? There is not such a crush now.” Watteau back Watteau bodice Watteau pleat Perhaps related to gâteau (“cake”)...
trim) bodiced bodice ripper, bodice-ripper, bodiceripper bodice ripping, bodice-rippery, bodice-ripping liberty bodice overbodice Watteau bodice sleeveless...
(India, Bangladesh) A short garment worn under a sari. bodice (also used for undershirts) Watteau bodice big girl's blouse bloused blouseless blouselike blousy...