chemisette

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The women were no less conspicuous; draped in the graceful sebazo, the short vogna, and the finely embroidered chemisette.

From Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography by Johnson, Clark, M.D.

She wore a tea-gown of a sort, black and yellow, open over the soft lace of a chemisette, although a dog-collar of tiny golden sequins clasped her throat.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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

Her robe, made of grey bolting-cloth, was slashed with a red front-piece, that partly covered her white and starched chemisette.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

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