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; see chemise

Example Sentences

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.

From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee

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.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Kabábít:           Oh! who is more brave than a dark Suliote,           In his snowy camise and his shaggy capote?

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary