camise

[ kuh-meez, -mees ]

noun
  1. a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.

Origin of camise

1
1805–15; <Arabic qamīṣ<Late Latin camīsa, variant of camīsia shirt; see chemise

Words Nearby camise

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How to use camise in a sentence

  • The embroidered camise, or shirt, falls over the pyjamas nearly to the knee.

    At the Court of the Amr | John Alfred Gray

British Dictionary definitions for camise

camise

/ (kəˈmiːz) /


noun
  1. a loose light shirt, smock, or tunic originally worn in the Middle Ages

Origin of camise

1
C19: from Arabic qamīs, from Late Latin camīsia

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