Bodies or Stays? Underwear or Outerwear? Seventeenth-century

What should we call the torso-shaping female foundation garments of the seventeenth century? Were they pairs of bodies? Bodices? Stays? Moreover, how were they worn? Were they underwear or were the outer wear? This post clears the air about terminology!

Terminology: What's the difference between stays, jumps & a corset

The one where I make a corset (or pair of bodies, which is correct

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