camisado

[ kam-uh-sey-doh, -sah- ]

/ ˌkæm əˈseɪ doʊ, -ˈsɑ- /

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noun, plural cam·i·sa·dos.Archaic.

a military attack made at night.

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Also cam·i·sade

[kam-i-seyd, -sahd]. /ˌkæm ɪˈseɪd, -ˈsɑd/.

Origin of camisado

1540–50; <Spanish camisada (now obsolete), equivalent to camis(a) shirt (see chemise) + -ada-ade¹; so called because participants in such attacks would wear shirts over their armor to aid in recognition

Words nearby camisado

cami, camiknickers, Camilla, camino real, camion, camisado, Camisard, camise, camisole, camlet, Cammaerts

How to use camisado in a sentence

The last literal camisado, that I remember, was a nautical one—a cutting-out enterprise somewhere about 1807-8.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1|Thomas de Quincey

British Dictionary definitions for camisado

camisado

camisade (ˌkæmɪˈseɪd)

/ (ˌkæmɪˈsɑːdəʊ) /

noun plural -sados or -sades

(formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness

Word Origin for camisado

C16: from obsolete Spanish camisada, literally: an attack in one's shirt (worn over the armour as identification), from camisa shirt

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