close-bodied

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English

Adjective

close-bodied (comparative more close-bodied, superlative most close-bodied)

  1. Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
    • 1829, Robet Hawker, A new uniform edition of the works of the rev. Robert:
      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.

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