camise

American  

[kuh-meez, -mees] / kəˈmiz, -ˈmis /

noun

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

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camise British  

/ kəˈmiːz /

noun

1. a loose light shirt, smock, or tunic originally worn in the Middle Ages

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Etymology

Origin of camise

1805–15; < Arabic qamīṣ < Late Latin camīsa, variant of camīsia shirt; see chemise

Example Sentences

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.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

Camisards, kam′is-ar, n.pl. the insurgent Huguenots of the Cevennes, so called from the camise or blouse worn by the peasants.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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.

From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee

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.

From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary