camisole
noun
- women's underbodices usually worn over corsets or brassieres, reaching to or just below the waist
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkamɪsəʊl/
noun
Etymology: From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).
- 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
Etymology: From French camisole, from Old Occitan camisola, diminutive of camisa (“shirt”).
- 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?”
“He believes it better to camisole a patient than to seclude him.”