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Tunic
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- 1 A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
"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."
- 2 any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees wordnet
- 3 Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.
"Select individual bulbs that are firm and have no noticeable blemishes on them. Don't worry about the papery covering or tunic. That may or may not be in place, […]"
- 4 an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue wordnet
- 5 Synonym of gymslip.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic (compare Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew כותנת (kuttoneth, “coat”), English chiton); or from Etruscan. Existed in Old English as tunece; unknown if that term was lost and then reborrowed later. Doublet of tunica.
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