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Definition: Camisade
Camisade
\Cam`i*sade"\, Camisado
\Cam`i*sa"do\, n. [F. camisade
a night attack; cf. It. camiciata. See
Camis.] [Obs.]
(Mil.)
(a) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to
be able to recognize one another in a night attack.
(b) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.
[1913 Webster]
Give them a camisado in night season. --Holinshed.
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