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/ˈkamɪsəʊl/ · noun
A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée..
A visible bra strap, a bit of camisole peeking, a partially exposed thong: Innerwear slinks into a new role
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?
He believes it better to camisole a patient than to seclude him.
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.
Use camisole when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Camisole means A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée..
Common synonyms include underbodice, negligee.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A visible bra strap, a bit of camisole peeking, a partially exposed thong: Innerwear slinks into a new role
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