Crossword clues for chemise
chemise
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chemise \Che*mise"\, n. [F., shirt, fr. LL. camisa, camisia, shirt, thin dress; cf. G. hemd, or OIr. caimmse sort of garment. Cf. Camis.]
A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.
A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late Old English, cemes "shirt," from Old French chemise "shirt, undertunic, shift," or directly from Late Latin camisia "shirt, tunic" (Jerome; also source of Italian camicia, Spanish camisa); originally a soldier's word, probably via Gaulish, from Proto-Germanic *hamithjan (cognates: Old Frisian hemethe, Old Saxon hemithi, Old English hemeðe, German hemd "shirt"), which is of uncertain origin (see heaven). The French form took over after c.1200. Related: Chemisette.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) A loose shirt-like undergarment, especially for women. 2 A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie. 3 A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress. 4 A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
WordNet
Wikipedia
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 precursor to the modern shirts commonly worn in Western nations.
In medieval castles the chemise ( French: "shirt") was typically a low wall encircling the keep, protecting the base of the tower. Alternative terms, more commonly used in English, are mantlet wall or apron wall.
In some cases, the keep could only be entered from the chemise (i.e. at the first floor level). Numerous examples exist of highly varied form, including the heavily fortified chemise of Château de Vincennes, or the more modest example at Provins, both in France. Some chemises are suggested to have been developed from earlier motte and bailey defences, though they may not usually be referred to as chemise.
In later fortification, a chemise is a wall lined with a bastion, or any other bulwark of earth, for greater support and strength.
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.