From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishleotardle‧o‧tard /ˈliːətɑːd $ -ɑːrd/ noun [countable] DCCa tight piece of clothing that looks a little like a woman’s swimsuit and is worn for exercise or dancing, especially by women
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leotard• In one she was dressed in a leotard, black tights and high heels - and sat astride a rocking horse.• It is equally important when she is wearing a soft tunic or one-piece tights and leotard.• When he came in to find her, she was standing on her head in a sexy leotard, legs provocatively parted.• He said Nicole Simpson did not own the gold Spandex leotard described by the clinic employee.• The leotard she wore was a pale yellow Spandex, defining the wide shoulders and lean hips of a gymnast.• We had on these green woollen leotards which got very heavy when they got wet.Origin leotard (1800-1900) Jules Léotard (1830-70), French trapeze artist who invented it 