kanchuki

English

Noun

kanchuki (plural kanchukis)

  1. A tight women's garment worn around the upper body in India.
    • 1986, Deepak Kannal, Vaiṣṇavism in Indian arts and culture, p. 456:
      On seeing the golden deer, Sītā requests Rāma to obtain it for her as she desires to make a kanchuki out of its skin.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 151:
      She had a lush body, her breasts were full and firm, held tightly by a kanchuki that exposed her shoulders and arms.
    • 2000, Monisha Bharadwaj, Indian Beauty Secrets, p. 17:
      In Vedic times the upper garment was just a kanchuki, almost a strapless bra, that covered the breasts and could be made of cloth or tree bark.

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