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Camʹisarde

or Camisaʹdo. A night attack; so called because the attacking party wore a camise or peasant’s smock over their armour, both to conceal it, and that they might the better recognise each other in the dark.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Camelot (Somersetshire)
Camelote
Cameo
Cameron Highlanders
Cameronian Regiment
Cameronians
Camilla
Camillus
Camisard
Camisarde
Camisole
Camisole de Force
Camlan (Battle of, Cornwall)
Camlet
Cammock
Camorra
Camorrist
Camp Candlestick (A)
Camp-followers
Campaign Wig (A)