In medieval castles the chemise (French: "shirt") was typically a low wall encircling the keep, protecting the base of the tower. Alternative terms, more... 2 KB (258 words) - 01:17, 26 June 2022 |
Henry replaced the keep with another stone shell keep and chemise wall, but moved the walls in from the edge of the motte to relieve the pressure on the... 114 KB (13,574 words) - 07:10, 7 May 2024 |
photo of HMS Campbeltown after the St Nazaire Raid before she exploded. Chemise (wall) Pavise Gabion Testudo formation Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation... 4 KB (403 words) - 14:39, 5 April 2024 |
Stahleck Castle (section Shield wall and main entrance) defended from the high hillside on the west by a chemise wall which has been fortified to form a shield wall 2.6 m thick. There is an interior stairway, which... 36 KB (4,811 words) - 04:15, 13 March 2024 |
"Tomber la chemise" (English: literally "Take Off Your Shirt" but the meaning is "Get ready to play hard") is a 1998 song by the Toulousian collective... 8 KB (882 words) - 06:46, 19 February 2023 |
Punjabi culture (section Wall paintings) churidars. Origin: From Arabic qamīṣ, perhaps from late Latin camisia (see chemise). Platts, John Thompson (February 2015) [1884], A dictionary of Urdu, classical... 40 KB (4,636 words) - 21:04, 16 April 2024 |
embrasures were constructed in towers and walls. A loophole, arrow loop or arrowslit passes through a solid wall, and thus forms an embrasure of shooting... 9 KB (1,120 words) - 21:21, 20 March 2024 |
introducing in 1957 the fuller but tapering "sack/sac dress," also called the chemise dress, soon copied by Christian Dior for his 1957 Fuseau/Spindle line.... 56 KB (5,983 words) - 04:52, 9 May 2024 |
around the top of the motte, sometimes protected by a further chemise, or low protective wall, around the base. By the 14th century, a number of motte and... 44 KB (5,988 words) - 17:13, 4 April 2024 |
some leaves, some tree trunks, and, in the background, a river in which a chemise-wearing woman bathes; in the foreground, two young men are seated across... 17 KB (2,325 words) - 00:04, 3 May 2024 |
to the shirt of tailoring techniques. The new kind of shirt was called chemise à pièce (yoked shirt). Alan Flusser credits Christofle Charvet with the... 121 KB (12,461 words) - 18:13, 13 November 2023 |
Gallery, London. This half-length depiction of a woman in loosened white chemise with a dark green mantle, holding some flowers, has been interpreted as... 20 KB (1,949 words) - 12:49, 8 March 2024 |
sun hat and informal muslin dress, a Polonaise gown, or a Chemise à la Reine. The chemise, worn without panniers and with a high waistline, was first... 18 KB (2,470 words) - 12:48, 21 March 2024 |
horse's tail in her hand. In the poem she wore a linen sark (Scots: a short chemise or undergarment), that she had been given as a child, which explains why... 71 KB (8,443 words) - 20:04, 9 May 2024 |
tower Caer Caltrop Castle Chamber gate Chartaque Chashi Chemin de ronde Chemise Cheval de frise Citadel Coercion castle Concentric castle Corner tower... 6 KB (499 words) - 23:02, 20 February 2024 |
Japan Blockhouse south of Le Touquet, France. It was part of the Atlantic Wall Pegler, Martin (20 August 2014). Soldiers' Songs and Slang of the Great War... 11 KB (1,092 words) - 07:44, 7 March 2024 |
Hundreds of thousands of exhibition-goers wandered by, looking on it as a wall decoration, just as Europe wandered by the human drama of the Spanish Civil... 50 KB (6,167 words) - 14:00, 2 May 2024 |
Surtout Ulster coat Visite Witzchoura Underwear Basque Bustle Chausses Chemise Codpiece Corselet Corset Waist cincher Dickey Garter Hoop skirt Crinoline... 6 KB (630 words) - 17:14, 26 December 2023 |