Middle English Dictionary Entry
kemes(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | kemes(e n. Also kemse. |
| Etymology | OE cemes, from L camisia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. chemise.
1.
(a) Some kind of woman's garment; ?shirt, ?blouse; (b) messe ~, an alb.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Gosp.(Phys-E)p.124 : His moder dremid..Al the mikel water of temis Rin in the bosem of hir kemes.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.122 : In þe snowe..scho ȝede out in hir smok..Withouten kirtelle or kemse [OF s'en va soul en sa chemyse].
b
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)216/7 : Ȝef sum riueð surpliz oðer measse kemese.