camisado

English

Alternative forms

• camisade

Etymology

From Spanish encamisado (“shirted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæmɪˈseɪdəʊ/

Noun

camisado (plural camisados or camisadoes)

1. (archaic) A nocturnal ambush or surprising act of aggression.
   • 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Scotlande, […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC:

     the English doubting least the Scots minded to give them a camisado that night

2. (obsolete) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.

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• Caodaism