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camise

[ kuh-meez, -mees ]

noun

  1. a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.


camise

/ °ìəˈ³¾¾±Ë³ú /

noun

  1. a loose light shirt, smock, or tunic originally worn in the Middle Ages
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of camise1

1805–15; < Arabic ±ç²¹³¾Ä«á¹£ < Late Latin ³¦²¹³¾Ä«²õ²¹, variant of ³¦²¹³¾Ä«²õ¾±²¹ shirt; chemise
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of camise1

C19: from Arabic ±ç²¹³¾Ä«²õ, from Late Latin ³¦²¹³¾Ä«²õ¾±²¹
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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