Definition of Camisedo
{ Cam`i*sade" (?), 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.
Give them a camisado in night season.
Holinshed.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (archaic) A nocturnal ambush or surprising act of agression.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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