guimpen.
/ɡɪmp/, /ɡamp/, U.S. /ɡɪmp/ A chemisette coming high up the throat; an under-blouse designed to be worn with a low-necked frock.
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stomach1473
patlet?a1505
partlet1515
stomacher1535
under-forebody1547
square1579
forepart1600
poitrel1607
half-shirt1661
tucker1688
modesty piece1713
modesty1731
modesty-bit1731
buffon1774
habit-shirt1780
chemisette1806
guimpe1850
bandeau1915
monobosom1970
bralette1973
modesty vest1974
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jerkinetc1686
shell1802
shirt1840
Garibaldi1862
shirt-bodice1868
Norfolk blouse1869
shirtwaist1871
shirt-blouse1876
guimpe1889
overblouse1889
middy1894
blouse coat1898
pneumonia blouse1902
jumper1908
kimono blouse1908
sailor top1913
buba1937
1850 Harper's Mag. Aug. 432 Morning cap trimmed with Valenciennes and gauze ribbons..muslin guimpe bouillonné, with embroidered entre-deux.
1889 in Cent. Dict.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 15 Feb. 5/3 Some of the high corselet bodices permit of nothing more than a small guimpe with sleeves.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 8/3 The corsage is finished with a guimpe of white spotted net.
1931 F. Hurst Back St. iii. xxxi. 276 Remaking last year's blouse into this year's guimp.
1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 155/2 Guimpe,..1. Short blouse, often with sleeves. Usually worn with a pinafore type of dress... 2. Chemisette or yoke with high, standing collar. Worn about 1910 to fill in neck-line when low-necked dresses were introduced.
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