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Loose-fitting women's garment
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chemise
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The term chemise or shift can refer to the classic smock , or else can refer to certain modern types of women's undergarments and dresses. In the classical use it is a simple garment worn next to the skin to protect clothing from sweat and body oils, the ...
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n. a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: shimmy , shift , slip , teddies , teddy ] a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist [syn: sack , shift ]
Usage examples of chemise.
She raised a brow at his skill, but he just continued to grin at her as he pushed her arisaid off her shoulders, then reached for her gown, removing it easily and leaving her in her woolen hose, her chemise and her shoes.
The cumbersome bliaut and chemise of rich royal blue velvet were as heavy as the dread weighting her shoulders.
Milisant chuckled as she shrugged out of her cumbersome bliaut and chemise.
The chemise and outer bliaut were both homespun wool in a drab dun, not overly coarse, but naught that could be considered of a fine quality.
She wore both her bliaut and her chemise cut low to show off her ample breasts, and her wild mane of copper curls gave her an untamed sensuality that any man would find challenging.
Rowena did as instructed, whipping off her chemise and bliaut together, ripping several laces in her haste.
Warrick standing beside the bed with her shift and chemise in his hands, as well as the bliaut and shoes she had left in the weaving room.
So easily was she noticeable, her long braid glittering in the sunlight, her bright red chemise only visible at her neck, arms, and feet, but such a contrast to the drab dun bliaut she wore.
The contents of her satchel amounted to two pairs of drawers, a chemise, and the blouse and black bombazine skirt she wore to work in the garden.
Chastity could see, Cyn purchased a nightgown, a lace-trimmed chemise, two pairs of cotton stockings, and garters threaded with pink ribbon.
This shopping took up all the morning, and in the afternoon the man took her a small trunk containing two dresses, chemises, petticoats, handkerchiefs, stockings, gloves, caps, a pair of slippers, a fan, a work-bag, and a mantle.
All the seats were covered with dresses, petticoats, and chemises, and I heard a small feminine voice begging me to sit on her bed.
The rents in dresses and chemises disclosed parts of their shoulders, their breasts, and their arms, and their white legs shone through the holes in the stockings.
Pippa scrambles out of the water on heavy legs and runs for her chemise just as Kartik steps out of the trees, carrying a makeshift cricket bat.
In their wake the laundrywoman carried a freshly ironed chemise and the saffron stockings prescribed by the rite.