canezou Hist.
(ˈkanzu)
[Fr., of unknown origin.]
A woman's blouse-like garment of muslin or cambric. Also attrib.
| 1827 Lady's Mag. Sept. 510/2 A canezou spencer of embroidered muslin. Ibid. 511/1 Muslin canezous over high dresses. 1893 G. Hill Hist. Engl. Dress II. 241 A cambric canezou..with sleeves full to the elbow. 1898 Daily News 26 Sept. 6/4 When the Restoration came in 1815,..Fleur-de-lys appeared on everything... The canezou replaced the hideous spencer. |