close-bodied

adjective

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

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Meanings

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

comparative more close-bodied · superlative most close-bodied

  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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APA

close-bodied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-bodied

MLA

“close-bodied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-bodied. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “close-bodied,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close-bodied.

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