Obs. Also 6 leefekye. [a. Du. lijfken ‘corpusculum, subucula, exomis’ (Kilian), dim. of lijf body; cf. G. leibchen.] A bodice.
1579. Lyly, Euphues (Arb.), 116. Their spots, their lawnes, their leefekyes, their ruffes, their rings: Shew them rather Cardinalls curtisans, then modest Matrons.
1609. T. Cocks, Diary (1901), 73. W’th iij li before delivered her for my wives gowne and lyfkie.
