Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chimere

Chimere , noun

[Old French chamarre., French simarre (compare Italian zimarra), from Sp. chamarra, zamarra, a coat made of sheepskins, a sheepskin, perh. from Arabic sammūr the Scythian weasel or marten, the sable. Compare Simarre.]

The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. — Hook