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Definition of Chemisette
1. n. An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.
Definition of Chemisette
1. Noun. An item of women’s clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chemisette
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemisette
Literary usage of Chemisette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costume: Fanciful, Historical, and Theatrical by Eliza Aria, Mrs. Eliza (Davis) Aria (1906)
"A chemisette. In the early days of this century turban headdresses were popular
in Italy, and slashed and ..."
2. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language, from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton (1884)
"TO THE LADY IN THE chemisette WITH BLACK BUTTONS. I KNOW not who thou art, thou
lovely one, NP WILLIS, ..."
3. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1854)
"0 chemisette ! the fairest yet That e'er hid bosom purer, whiter! ... Sweet chemisette !
the coral set To heighten so thy blushing beauty : And ne'er before ..."
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