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‖ camise, camiss|kəˈmiːs|
Also (in Byron) camese.
[Arab. qamīç under-tunic, shirt; occurring in the Koran, but generally thought to be ad. L. camisia, camisa: see camis, chemise; Mahn suggests Skr. kshauma linen stuff.]
The shirt worn by Arabs and other Muslims.
1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. Tambourgi ii, Oh! who is more brave than a dark Suliote, In his snowy camese and his shaggy capote? c1850Nat. Encycl. I. 237 The national costume of the lower orders [in Afghanistan] is..a large shirt, ‘camiss’, worn over the trowsers, reaching down to the knees. 1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 143 The Suliote of the fruitship, in his camise and capote. 1865S. Evans Bro. Fabian's MS. 105 Snow-white the camise. |