chemisette
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chemisette.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chemisette (plural chemisettes)
- An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 122:
- [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 gay ribands; all put on so neatly, and with such a fine taste for harmony of colouring.
References edit
- “chemisette”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chemisette f (plural chemisettes)
Descendants edit
- → English: chemisette
Further reading edit
- “chemisette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.