chemise cagoule

noun

A heavy form of woman's nightwear, with a hole to allow for sexual intercourse with the minimum of physical contact.

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Meanings

nounchemise cagoule (plural chemise cagoules)

plural chemise cagoules

  1. historicalA heavy form of woman's nightwear, with a hole to allow for sexual intercourse with the minimum of physical contact.

    In the Middle Ages one result of this extreme view was the invention of the chemise cagoule, a sort of heavy nightdress with a suitably placed hole, through which the husband could impregnate his wife while avoiding all other contact.

    1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge, page 257

Origin

From French.

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