chemise
[ shuh-meez ]
/ ʃəˈmiz /
noun
a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarment.
(in women's fashions) a dress designed to hang straight from the shoulders and fit loosely at the waist, sometimes more tightly at the hip.
a revetment for an earth embankment.
Nearby words
chemico-, chemigraphy, chemiluminescence, chemin de fer, chemiosmosis, chemise, chemisette, chemism, chemisorb, chemisorption, chemist
Origin of chemise
before 1050; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French: shirt < Late Latin camīsa linen undergarment, shirt; replacing Middle English kemes, Old English cemes < Late Latin camīsa
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chemise
/ (ʃəˈmiːz) /
noun
an unwaisted loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders
a loose shirtlike undergarment
Also called: shift
Word Origin for chemise
C14: from Old French: shirt, from Late Latin camisa, perhaps of Celtic origin
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