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Webster 1913 Edition
Tunic
Tu′nic
(tū′nĭk)
, Noun.
[L.
tunica
: cf. F. tunique
.] 1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.
2.
Any similar garment worn by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.
4.
(Anat.)
A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.
5.
(Bot.)
A natural covering; an integument;
as, the
. tunic
of a seedWebster 1828 Edition
Tunic
TU'NIC
,Noun.
1.
A kind of waistcoat or under garment worn by men in ancient Rome and the east. In the later ages of the republic, the tunic was a long garment with sleeves.2.
Among the religious, a woolen shirt or under garment.3.
In anatomy, a membrane that covers or composes some part or organ; as the tunics or coats of the eye; the tunics of the stomach, or the membranous and muscular layers which compose it.4.
A natural covering; an integument; as the tunic of a seed.The tunic of the seed, is the arillus, a covering attached to the base only of the seed, near the hilum or scar, and enveloping the rest of the seed more or less completely and closely.
Definition 2024
tunic
tunic
English
A Roman dressed in a tunic.
A young boy in tunic and trousers.
Alternative forms
- tunick (obsolete)
Noun
tunic (plural tunics)
- A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess:
- As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
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Translations
garment
Anagrams
- ↑ The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures , Volume 18