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Camisades

[kam-uh-sey-doh, -sah-]

noun, plural -dos. Archaic.

a military attack made at night.

Also, cam·i·sade

[kam-i-seyd, -sahd] .

Origin:
1540–50; < Spanish camisada (now obsolete), equivalent to camis(a) shirt (see chemise) + -ada -ade¹; so called because participants in such attacks would wear shirts over their armor to aid in recognition

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