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chemisette

/ˌʃɛmɪˈzɛt/

chemisette noun: an item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.

Noun

chemisette (plural chemisettes)

  1. An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
    • [Of Italian peasants] And then their dress—the fine plaited chemisette close round the throat—the long gold ear-rings, those indispensables of their toilette—the black velvet boddice, showing the figure to such advantage, laced with gold and coloured silks—the full petticoat—the apron trimmed with...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 122

Forms of chemisette

pluralchemisettes

Origin of chemisette

Borrowed from French chemisette.

Words formed from chemisette

Questions about chemisette

What does chemisette mean?
Chemisette means an item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
What part of speech is chemisette?
Chemisette is a noun.
How do you pronounce chemisette?
Chemisette is pronounced /ˌʃɛmɪˈzɛt/.
What is the plural of chemisette?
The plural of chemisette is chemisettes.

Words near chemisette in the dictionary

  1. chemise cagoules
  2. chemise lifter
  3. chemise lifters
  4. chemised
  5. chemises
  6. chemisette
  7. chemisetted
  8. chemisettes
  9. chemism
  10. chemisms
  11. chemisorb

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