chemisette

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It was a brown and silver silk brocade with thread lace chemisette and under sleeves.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell

She wore a tea-gown of a sort, black and yellow, open over the soft lace of a chemisette, although a dog-collar of tiny golden sequins clasped her throat.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

She has a pearl necklace and earrings, with a high plaited chemisette up to the necklace; and four rows of pearls, with a yellow bow, round the sleeve.

From Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850 by Various

Cambric chemisette, made quite up to the throat, and cambric under-sleeves.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various

A girl, in short bright-coloured nagua, and white chemisette without sleeves, came out into the patio, and climbed up the escalera that led to the roof.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.