▪ I. ˈoverˌbody, n.
[f. over- 8 c + body n. 6.]
An upper or outer bodice.
| 1573 Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 235, I give vnto ye wyfe of Robart my soon my browne kyrtle with ye chamlet overbodye. 1615 in N. Riding Rec. (1884) II. 98 Two men presented for stealing a woman's overbody value 8d. 1845 E. H. Noel Richter's Flower Pieces II. xix. 241 The first and last army whose uniform was a kind of fine over-body. |
So † overbody coat Obs., an ephod.
| 1535 Coverdale Exod. xxv. 7 Onix stones and set stones for the ouerbody cote and for the Brestlappe. ― 1 Sam. ii. 18 The childe was gyrded with an ouer body cote of lynnen. |
▪ II. † ˈoverˈbody, v. nonce-wd.
[f. over- 27 + body n. or v.]
trans. To give too much body to, make excessively material.
| 1641 Milton Ch. Govt. i. (1851) 2 Till the Soule by this meanes of over-bodying her selfe, given up justly to fleshly delights, bated her wing apace downeward. |