bodice

noun

1. a usually fitted vest or wide, lace-up girdle worn by women over a dress or blouse, especially a cross-laced, sleeveless outer garment covering the waist and bust, common in peasant dress.
2. the part of a woman’s dress covering the body between the neck or shoulders and the waist.Compare waist(def 4).
3. Obsolete. stays or a corset.

noun

1. the upper part of a woman’s dress, from the shoulder to the waist
2. a tight-fitting corset worn laced over a blouse, as in certain national costumes, or (formerly) as a woman’s undergarment