chemisette
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She has a pearl necklace and earrings, with a high plaited chemisette up to the necklace; and four rows of pearls, with a yellow bow, round the sleeve.
From Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850 by Various
This loose waist or chemisette is sometimes white and sometimes colored.
From Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines by Petersham, Miska
She wore a robe of emerald Genoa velvet, with an open bodice, laced over a chemisette of fine-wrought Mechlin lace.
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie
It is open at the upper part, showing a chemisette of lace.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
On the women we observe the graceful rebozo, the short nagua, and the embroidered chemisette.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
