Definition of "chemisette" [chem•i•sette]

• A short sleeveless bodice, formerly worn by women. (noun)
• A blouse front formerly worn by women; a dickey. (noun)

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• "She came before us wondrous clad in chemisette of green,"
• "Aldclyffe had pulled off a kind of chemisette of Brussels net, drawn high above the throat, which she had worn with her evening dress as"
• "Can hardly bear my chemisette for weakness and for pain:"