camisolen.
/ˈkamɪsəʊl/ 1. A kind of sleeved jacket or jersey.
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duffel coat1683
duffel jacket1732
petenlair1753
grego1767
wamus1805
camisole1816
over-jacket1830
matinee1851
Zouave1859
paletot1863
blazer1880
Norfolks1902
letter sweater1914
letter jacket1934
bomber jacket1940
shirt-jac1944
samfu jacket1955
guru jacket1966
Mao jacket1967
1816 Gentleman's Mag. 86 i. 213 They wore short camisoles, huzar-sabres.
1828 G. W. Bridges Ann. Jamaica II. xiii. 121 Columbus found..a multitude..naked, or clothed only in a species of camisole.
2.
a. A loose jacket worn by women when dressed in negligée.
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baju1820
shirt-jacket1826
camisole1847
Norfolk jacket1866
jigger1957
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxx. 257 Mrs. O'Dowd, the good housewife, arrayed in curl-papers and a camisole.
a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. viii. 134 She seldom wore a gown—only a shabby cotton camisole.
b. An underbodice, often embroidered and trimmed with lace. Also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] > bodice
waistcoat1580
petticoat body1585
bodicea1625
jump1666
jacket bodice1856
camisole1866
spencer1881
bust bodice1889
liberty bodice1892
petticoat bodice1919
cami1995
1866 in A. Adburgham Shops & Shopping (1964) xii. 133 (advt.) 2 Long-cloth petticoats..3 camisoles.
1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 1062 Tucked Camisoles.
1903 Daily Chron. 14 Mar. 8/4 There are many camisole patterns.
1906 Daily Chron. 7 May 11/6 Camisole machinists.
1916 Sphere 19 Aug. p. vi/1 Cambric and nainsook combinations are..becoming obsolete, the camisole-knicker or camisole-chemise taking their place.
3. A strait-jacket, formerly put upon lunatics.
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1881 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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