tunic

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But the tunic was the dazzling part of the show, for it was of the regular military scarlet, and was neither that of field-marshal, dragoon, nor hussar, but a combination of all three, frogged, roped, and embroidered in gold, and furnished with a magnificent pair of twisted epaulets.

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  1. noun A loose-fitting garment, sleeved or sleeveless, extending to the knees and worn by men and women especially in ancient Greece and Rome.
  2. noun A medieval surcoat.
  3. noun A long, plain, close-fitting jacket, usually having a stiff high collar and worn as part of a uniform.
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  • But the thin cloth tunic--reaching barely halfway to her knees--concealed very little. —  Planet of the Damned
  • She had stripped down to the short tunic--in spite of Brion's insistence that she keep her body protected from the sun--and that clung to her, soaked with sweat. —  Planet of the Damned
  • I paced my room and eyed my clothes ready disposed on chairs--the tunic, the sword, and the cap. —  Youth
  • Every ring on the tunic was polished as highly as the metal would admit of, so that the light appeared to trickle over it as its wearer moved. —  Erling the Bold
  • But the tunic was the dazzling part of the show, for it was of the regular military scarlet, and was neither that of field-marshal, dragoon, nor hussar, but a combination of all three, frogged, roped, and embroidered in gold, and furnished with a magnificent pair of twisted epaulets. —  The Rajah of Dah
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  1. Middle English tunik, from Old French tunique, from Latin tunica, of Phoenician origin; akin to Hebrew kuttōnet, kətōnet, from Central Semitic *kuttān, *kittān; see chiton.

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  1. from ME, *tunike (?) (cf. tunicle) (cf. Anglo-Saxon tunice, tunicæ =Old High German tunihhā); from Old French (and F.) tunique =Provencal Spanish Portuguese tunica =Italian tonica, from Latin tunica, a tunic.
 

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