chemise: Meaning and Definition of

che•mise

Pronunciation: (shu-mēz'), [key]
— n.
  1. a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarment.
  2. (in women's fashions) a dress designed to hang straight from the shoulders and fit loosely at the waist, sometimes more tightly at the hip.
  3. a revetment for an earth embankment.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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