A light, loose-fitting outer garment or cloak worn by women in some Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures.
From Spanish 'chimar' or Arabic 'شميرة,' referring to a type of veil or cloak. The word traveled through trade routes and appears in European literature from the Renaissance onward.
The chimar is part of a fascinating family of garments across cultures—from the Spanish manto to the Turkish çarşaf—all solving the same problem of modest outdoor dress in warm climates! Renaissance European writers were fascinated and sometimes scandalized by these garments.
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