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camise
[ kuh-meez, -mees ]
/ kəˈmiz, -ˈmis /
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noun
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
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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
a loose light shirt, smock, or tunic originally worn in the Middle Ages
Word Origin for camise
C19: from Arabic qamīs, from Late Latin camīsia
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