Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chemise

Chemise , noun

[French, shirt, from Late Latin camisa, camisia, shirt, thin dress; compare German hemd, or OIr. caimmse sort of garment. Compare Camis.]

1.
A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.
2.
A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.