Camisole

created by Webster 1913

(thing) by Wintersweet (1.3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Fri Mar 31 2000 at 1:08:19

In modern usage, this is an undergarment something like a slip, but only waist-length. Usually made of a satiny material, but not always. May be worn as pajamas, under a blouse, in place of a blouse under a buttoned-up jacket, or paired with a half-slip.

(thing) by sensei (6.6 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Fri Mar 31 2000 at 1:24:28

Etymology: French, from the Provençal "camisolla", which was the diminutive of "camisa" ("shirt"), from the Late Latin "camisia".

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:19:50

Cam"i*sole (?), n. [F. See chemise.]

A short dressing jacket for women.

A kind of straitjacket.

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