Camisole

Quick meaning: Camisole is a noun meaning A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.

Meaning

A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.

More Meanings

1. (dated) A straitjacket.
2. (historical) A light jacket with sleeves.
3. (dated) To straitjacket.

Example Sentences

He believes it better to camisole a patient than to seclude him.

A visible bra strap, a bit of camisole peeking, a partially exposed thong: Innerwear slinks into a new role

She had been camisoled, and fastened in bed, with “ties of muslin cloth about fifteen inches wide,” and left alone for the night, during which, her struggles “had so increased the pressure of the ties as to produce considerable swelling” and increased discoloration.

If, in viewing the question from its sentimental aspect, you deplore the insult offered to manly dignity by camisoling a fellow-creature, let me ask if this manly dignity is not already compromised by the fact of patients covering themselves with ordure, denuding and mutilating themselves and striking those about them?

Word Forms

• camisoles
• camisoling
• camisoled

Synonyms for camisole

Depending on context, synonyms include underbodice, negligee.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underbodice, lacy, slip, cami, camis, camise.

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