CAMISADE; CAMISADO

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.

2.
n.

An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado. Give them a camisado in night season. Holinshed.


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