Definition of Chemises. Meaning of Chemises. Synonyms of Chemises

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Definition of Chemises

Chemise
Chemise Che*mise", n. [F., shirt, fr. LL. camisa, camisia, shirt, thin dress; cf. G. hemd, or OIr. caimmse sort of garment. Cf. Camis.] 1. A shift, or undergarment, worn by women. 2. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

Meaning of Chemises from wikipedia

- wear chemises pieced from a narrow piece of rough cloth; while the rich might have voluminous chemises pieced from thin, smooth fine linen. Chemise during...
- 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...
- formal influence of Spanish dress after the mid-1520s. Linen shirts and chemises or smocks had full sleeves and often full bodies, pleated or gathered closely...
- A chemise cagoule (French: [ʃəmiz kaɡul], "cowl shirt") was a heavy nightshirt worn by pious Catholic men and women during the Middle Ages in order to...
- Chemise binding (chemisette) was a protective cover for a book used between the 12th and 16th century. It could be a slip-on sleeve or an overcover attached...
- were used at the shoulders, underarms, and hems of traditional shirts and chemises made of rectangular lengths of linen to shape the garments to the body...
- together; they were split in the middle to make it easier to urinate. As chemises decreased in length, open drawers stopped being used. In the late 19th...
- dictator, Benito Mussolini. Its members were deemed the francistes or Chemises bleues (Blueshirts) and gave the Roman salute (a paramilitary character...
- Girl in a Chemise (French: Jeune femme en chemise) is an oil-on-canvas painting created c. 1905 by Pablo Pic****o. It is a portrait of a girl, whom experts...
- "Tomber la chemise" (literally "Taking Off Shirt" but the meaning is "Get ready to play hard") is a 1998 song by the Toulousian collective Zebda. The...