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.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary

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

Camisards, kam′is-ar, n.pl. the insurgent Huguenots of the Cevennes, so called from the camise or blouse worn by the peasants.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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

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