body cavity (bodikav"iti)

In zool., the general or common cavity of the body, as dis tinguished from special cavities, or those of particular organs; the cœlom or cœloma. In vertebrates the body-cavity is formed by the splitting of the mesoblast into its somatopleural and splanchnopleural layers, and consists of the cavities of the thorax, abdomen (divided or not by a diaphragm), and pelvis. body-cloth (bod'i-kloth), n. A cloth for the body; specifically, a large rug or cloth for covering a horse. See body - clothes, 2. Before the window were several horses in body - cloths. Bulwer, Pelham, Ixi. body-clothes (bod'i-klōwHz), n. pl. 1. Garments for the body, intended to be worn by day, as distinguished from bedclothes. [This use of the word appears to be confined in recent times to Scotland.]-2. Coverings for a horse or other animal: properly, body - claths. See body - cloth. I am informed that several a es are kept in body - clothes and sweated every morning upon the heath. Add is on .