/sheuh meez"/ , n.
1. a woman's loose-fitting, shirtlike undergarment.
2. (in women's fashions) a dress designed to hang straight from the shoulders and fit loosely at the waist, sometimes more tightly at the hip.
3. a revetment for an earth embankment.
[ bef. 1050; ME camisa linen undergarment, shirt; r. ME kemes, OE cemes camisa ]