Cām'i-sāde' or Cām'i-sā'do, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. camisade, from O. Fr. camise, shirt. See supra.] [Obs.] (Mil.) (a.) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in the darkness, in a night attack. (b.) An attack by surprise at night, or at break of day, when the enemy is supposed to be in bed, by soldiers wearing the camisado. “Give them a camisado in the night season.” Holinshed.