Close-bodied

adj

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Adjective
  1. 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."

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"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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