[
US
/ʃəˈmiz/
]
[ UK /ʃəmˈiːz/ ]
[ UK /ʃəmˈiːz/ ]
NOUN
- a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
How To Use chemise In A Sentence
- She could feel underclothes, linen drawers, silken chemise, a farthingale with its stiffened hoops. Ill Met By Moonlight
- It perforated the sheer fabric of her chemise, ran through her body and whipped up the flotsam in her heart.
- Her throat was bare and a slight ruffle of white fabric edged the neckline where the edge of her chemise peeked out.
- The Cypriot female costume was an outer garment, the chemise, and the distinctive long pantaloons caught around the ankle.
- The scapula was meant to protect the chemise, and had a built in hood or cowl.
- The bloomers and a chemise would have gone under layers and layers of corsetry and petticoats, which could weigh up to 7lb.
- Carey instantly awakes and sits up straight, pulling the sheets up to cover her chemise.
- Her chemise was much lower cut than her usual as she reached for a blood red dress with the dangerously scooped neckline.
- In medieval times, Cyprus was known for its silk bridal chemises and undergarments.
- So Sibyl proceeded to begin undoing her bodice and chemise.