camise

American  

[kuh-meez, -mees] / kəˈmiz, -ˈmis /

noun

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

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camise British  

/ kəˈmiːz /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of camise

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

Example Sentences

The costume of the Anglo-Saxon ladies consisted of a sherte, or camise, of linen next the skin, a kirtle, which resembled the modern petticoat, and a gunna, or gown, with sleeves.

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The ladies wore a simple undergarment of thin material called a sherte or camise; this was bordered with some slight embroidery, and had tightish long sleeves pushed back over the wrist.

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In pattering droves of hundreds they trekked in from the camise before there was light enough to shoot by, and nipped once and with precision at the ripest in every bunch.

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The third was a loose tunic reaching half-way between the knees and feet, showing the camise, and tied about the waist and hips by a long girdle.

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