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chemisette
[ shem-uh-zet ]
noun
- a woman's garment of linen, lace, or the like, worn, toward the end of the Victorian era, over a low-cut or open bodice to cover the neck and breast.
chemisette
/ ˌʃɛmɪˈzɛt /
noun
- an underbodice of lawn, lace, etc, worn to fill in a low-cut dress
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Origin of chemisette1
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Example Sentences
A chemisette of the finest cambric appeared within the bodice, and covered the bosom.
Her brocade bodice trimmed with jet would partly cover her white chemisette.
Chemisette of lace, finished at the throat with a fulled band and petite ruffle.
Almost at every turn the white chemisette of the brook bird glinted from some grey stone and went piping before us up stream.
She wore a gown of cambric, covered with narrow pink stripes, and cut low at the throat, so as to display a muslin chemisette.
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