camise

camise
/keuh meez", -mees"/, n.
a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
[1805-15; < Ar qamis < LL camisa, var. of CAMISIA shirt; see CHEMISE]

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  • Camise — (Myth.), so v.w. Camese …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • camise — [kə mēs′] n. [Ar qamis < LL camisia: see CHEMISE] a loosefitting shirt, smock, or gown …   English World dictionary

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  • Camise — see Chemise …   Medieval glossary

  • camise — ca·mise …   English syllables

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  • Camisard — Cam i*sard, n. [F.] One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; so called from the peasant s smock (camise) which they wore. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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