chemisette
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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
To this chemisette are added immensely wide short sleeves.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
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 Lady Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson
Cambric chemisette, made quite up to the throat, and cambric under-sleeves.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various
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
