- wear
chemises pieced from a
narrow piece of
rough cloth;
while the rich
might have
voluminous chemises pieced from thin,
smooth fine linen.
Chemise during...
- Some
chemises are
suggested to have been
developed from
earlier motte and
bailey defences,
though they may not
usually be
referred to as
chemise. In later...
- A
chemise cagoule (French: [ʃəmiz kaɡul], "cowl shirt") was a
heavy nightshirt worn by
pious Catholic men and
women during the
Middle Ages in
order to...
- "Tomber la
chemise" (English:
literally "Take Off Your Shirt" but the
meaning is "Get
ready to play hard") is a 1998 song by the
Toulousian collective...
- pink-tinted, or, more rarely,
painted black. Some rare
examples have
moulded chemises. Male
dolls (identified by
their boyish hairstyles) are
called Frozen Charlies...
- together; they were
split in the
middle to make it
easier to urinate. As
chemises decreased in length, open
drawers stopped being used. In the late 19th...
-
blackwork imitates etchings or woodcuts. Historically,
blackwork was used on
chemises,
shirts or
smocks in
England from the time of
Henry VIII. The
common name...
- with
veils and belted, fur-lined
gowns open at the
front to
display the
chemises beneath, Burgundy, 1445–1450.
Isabella of Portugal,
Duchess of Burgundy...
- dictator,
Benito Mussolini. Its
members were
deemed the
francistes or
Chemises bleues (Blueshirts) and gave the
Roman salute (a
paramilitary character...
- Girl in a
Chemise (French:
Jeune femme en
chemise) is an oil-on-canvas
painting created c. 1905 by
Pablo Pic****o. It is a
portrait of a girl, whom experts...
