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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.
3.
a revetment for an earth embankment.
Origin:
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
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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| —n | |
| 1. | an unwaisted loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders |
| 2. | a loose shirtlike undergarment |
| [C14: from Old French: shirt, from Late Latin camisa, perhaps of Celtic origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
chemise
c.1050, cemes, from O.Fr., from L.L. camisia "shirt, tunic" (c.400 C.E.), first used as a soldier's word, probably via Gaulish, from P.Gmc. *khamithjan (cf. Ger. hemd "shirt"), from PIE base *kem- "to cover, cloak." The Fr. form took over after c.1200.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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chemise
loose, shirtlike garment worn by women in the European Middle Ages under their gowns (also called a chemise). The smock later became a loose, yoked, shirtlike outer garment of coarse linen, used to protect the clothes; it was worn, for example, by fieldworkers in Europe.
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Example sentences
The lands in this area are susceptible to wildland fires and are characterized by chaparral and chemise vegetation ecosystem.
Underneath, she wears a dainty lingerie set made up of tap pants and a strapless chemise with garters and stockings.
Clad in a loose chemise and seated before a washstand and mirror, she performs the routine task of coiling her hair.
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