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chemisette|ʃɛmiːˈzɛt|
[a. F. chemisette, dim. of chemise; applied to a kind of (women's) bodice, and to a detached ‘shirt-front’ worn by men.]
1. A bodice, more or less like the upper part of a chemise, worn by women, in some countries.
1807Sir R. Wilson Jrnl. in Life (1862) II. 239 She [a Polish girl] had a chemisette with a high and stiff frill. 1881Goldw. Smith Lect. & Ess. 185 A white puffed-out Russian chemisette. 1882H. Lansdell Through Siberia I. 219 Madame Peacock wore..a magenta chemisette.
2. An ornamental article of dress, usually of lace or muslin made to fill in the open front and neck of a woman's dress.
1844Kinglake Eöthen 89 ‘Dress’, and ‘frock’, and ‘boddice’, and ‘collar’, and ‘habit-shirt’, and sweet ‘chemisette’. 1857W. Collins Dead Secret iii. iv. (1861) 95 She had a chemisette in her hand, the frill of which was laced through with ribbon. 1865Cornh. Mag. Oct. 487 She..loosened the fastenings of her dress..removed the studs from the chemisette beneath it. 1883Mrs. Leach Dressmaker's Dict., Chemisette, the lace or muslin which fills up the V, square, or heart-shaped opening of a dress. |
