chemisette
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It was a brown and silver silk brocade with thread lace chemisette and under sleeves.
From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell
A little laced bodice and white chemisette completed the dress.
From Patty's Social Season by Wells, Carolyn
In the opening of the body and that formed by turning up the sleeves, a chemisette plaited very small, and edged with lace, is visible.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)
Theirs the traditional costume of the Thuringian female peasant—a dark skirt, and white, short-sleeved chemisette, a blue apron and the daintiest of white silk kerchiefs, fringed sparsely and brocaded abundantly with red roses.
From A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes by Jephson, Harriet Julia Campbell, Lady
Within the corsage is worn a chemisette, composed of rows of lace falling downward, and finished at the throat by a band of insertion and an edging standing up.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
