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chemise cagoules

chemise cagoules is the plural of chemise cagoule.

Meaning of chemise cagoule

Noun

chemise cagoule (plural chemise cagoules)

  1. (historical) A heavy form of woman's nightwear, with a hole to allow for sexual intercourse with the minimum of physical contact.
    • In the Middle Ages one result of this extreme view was the invention of the chemise cagoule, a sort of heavy nightdress with a suitably placed hole, through which the husband could impregnate his wife while avoiding all other contact.1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 257

Questions about chemise cagoules

What is chemise cagoules the plural of?
Chemise cagoules is the plural of chemise cagoule.

Words near chemise cagoules in the dictionary

  1. chemiresistive
  2. chemiresistor
  3. chemiresistors
  4. chemise
  5. chemise cagoule
  6. chemise cagoules
  7. chemise lifter
  8. chemise lifters
  9. chemised
  10. chemises
  11. chemisette

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