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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
camisole
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A woman in a camisole Was dancing to some rock and roll.
▪ Finally, I stood there with the others, all of us in our petticoats and camisoles.
▪ Finally, pleased with the results, I put on my petticoats, my camisole, and then my red plaid dress.
▪ However, a similar outfit can be created with a silk camisole and flattering suit.
▪ I might wear a camisole, like this, but I'd put a shirt over it before I went out.
▪ She started to unbutton my camisole.
▪ Tiny pearls formed the straps of a pearl-colored dress or held up a camisole of cream cashmere.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Camisole

Camisole \Cam"i*sole\, n. [F. See chemise.]

  1. A short dressing jacket for women.

  2. A kind of straitjacket.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
camisole

1816, from French camisole (16c.), from Provençal camisola "mantle," diminutive of camisa "shirt," from Late Latin camisia "shirt, nightgown" (see chemise).

Wiktionary
camisole

n. 1 (context historical English) A light jacket with sleeves. 2 A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short negligee. 3 (context dated English) A straitjacket.

WordNet
camisole

  1. n. a short sleeveless undergarment for women [syn: underbodice]

  2. a short negligee

Wikipedia
Camisole

A camisole is a sleeveless undergarment for women, normally extending to the waist. The camisole is usually made of satin, nylon, or cotton.

Usage examples of "camisole".

We mean stand around outside with the other tourists staring incomprehendingly at the menu, which should look like this: CARTE DE MENU Les Petites Eyeballes de Mackerelle en Huile de Voiture Le Debenture en Camisole au Bibliothieque Le Spamme avec un Side de Fries Le Poisson du Votre Fr6re Raoul Le Roni du Zoo en La Ware de la Tupper Prix Pour Le Wholle Ball de Waxe: 156,000,000,000,000,000 Franks.

Ashley slowly undressed down to her camisole and pantalets, gratefully beginning to wash the grime from her face and arms.

She talked as she rummaged around and found her pantalets and camisole buried beneath her skirt.

Padding about barefooted in her camisole and pantalets, she gathered up her laundry and draped it on nearby bushes.

He opened the shirtwaist and tugged at the pink ribbon that threaded through the white camisole.

She touched the side of his face, then, with her gaze meeting his, she shrugged the shirtwaist off her shoulders, then the camisole.

Hastily, she blotted the droplets of water from her skin, then picked up the strange pantalets and camisole she'd bought this morning.

Next, she donned the white camisole, with its small ruffle that started at her waist and ended right above her hips.

Clad only in her frilly white camisole and slip, she started to protest.

She was dressed casually, in loose, drawstring natural linen pants and a blue camisole, with a gauzy white shirt worn loose over the camisole.

Only the thin straps of her camisole obstructed him, and they might as well not have been there.

Decent jeans, soft leather boots, flannel shirt with a pink camisole peeking through the neckline.

Under the jacket, she wore a black georgette camisole and tapered pants.

Steele placed his hand at the base of her back, and she stepped across the threshold: It was just a courteous gesture, but his palm seemed to burn right through her suit jacket and camisole, straight through to her bare skin.

There were cocktail dresses, evening gowns, smart little suits that showed more leg than she normally revealed, shorts, camp shirts, lacy camisoles, jeans, cashmere sweater sets, skirts.