camisole means A short, sleeveless undergarment worn by women underneath a blouse, or as a form of short négligée.
camisole is pronounced /ˈkamɪsəʊl/.
Etymology
From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).
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”
- A straitjacket.
- A light jacket with sleeves.
verb
- To straitjacket.“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?”