camisado

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

noun,plural cam·i·sa·dos.Archaic.
  1. a military attack made at night.

Origin of camisado

1
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
  • Also cam·i·sade [kam-i-seyd, -sahd]. /ˌkæm ɪˈseɪd, -ˈsɑd/.

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How to use camisado in a sentence

  • The camisade must take place to-night—an hour after midnight—when the rebels are lulled to repose.

    Boscobel: or, the royal oak | William Harrison Ainsworth
  • And those engaged in the camisade are to sally forth an hour after midnight, thou sayst?

    Boscobel: or, the royal oak | William Harrison Ainsworth
  • Careless never afterwards recalled that meeting without heaving a sigh for the brave men who perished in the camisade.

    Boscobel: or, the royal oak | William Harrison Ainsworth
  • So well was the secret kept, that only the troops actually engaged in the camisade were aware of its object.

    Boscobel: or, the royal oak | William Harrison Ainsworth

British Dictionary definitions for camisado

camisado

camisade (ˌkæmɪˈseɪd)

/ (ˌkæmɪˈsɑːdəʊ) /


nounplural -sados or -sades
  1. (formerly) an attack made under cover of darkness

Origin of camisado

1
C16: from obsolete Spanish camisada, literally: an attack in one's shirt (worn over the armour as identification), from camisa shirt

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