chemise

[ shuh-meez ]
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noun
  1. a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarment.

  2. (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.

  1. a revetment for an earth embankment.

Origin of chemise

1
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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How to use chemise in a sentence

  • She had thrown her mantilla back, to show her shoulders, and a great bunch of acacia that was thrust into her chemise.

    Carmen | Prosper Merimee

British Dictionary definitions for chemise

chemise

/ (ʃəˈmiːz) /


noun
  1. an unwaisted loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders

  2. a loose shirtlike undergarment

Origin of chemise

1
C14: from Old French: shirt, from Late Latin camisa, perhaps of Celtic origin
  • Also called: shift

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