camise
9.9
A loose shirt worn under armor or other clothes in the Middle Ages
- noun
- Archaic
:
camisa
- During the medieval fair, he wore a traditional camise made of linen.
Examples
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The knight's camise flowed elegantly as he rode through the village.
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In the tapestry, a peasant is depicted wearing a simple camise while tending to the fields.
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Digue'm on compres les camises.
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On compres les camises?
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On compres les camises?
Synonyms
tunic
vscamise
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4.8
A loose outer shirt, sometimes sleeveless, that reaches the hips or knees
is a shorter medieval top used as a shirt rather than a long outer garment
9.9
A simple shirt worn next to the skin under other clothes in the past
is a loose-fitting medieval outer shirt rather than an underlayer
How Loose
Surface Forms
Etymology
Camise comes from the Latin camisia, which meant 'shirt', and it is the origin of modern words like chemise and camisole. So a camise was simply a loose 'shirt' or tunic worn in the Middle Ages, which explains its meaning today.