chemise
[ shuh-meez ]
/ ʃəˈmiz /
noun
a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarment.
(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.
a revetment for an earth embankment.
Origin of chemise
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
Words nearby chemise
chemico-,
chemigraphy,
chemiluminescence,
chemin de fer,
chemiosmosis,
chemise,
chemisette,
chemism,
chemisorb,
chemisorption,
chemist
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British Dictionary definitions for chemise
chemise
/ (ʃəˈmiːz) /
noun
an unwaisted loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders
a loose shirtlike undergarment
Also called:
shift
Word Origin for chemise
C14: from Old French: shirt, from Late Latin
camisa, perhaps of Celtic origin