Definition of tunic Tunic
/tuˈnɪk/ - [tunik] - tu•nic
We found 13 definitions of tunic from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: tunics |
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| tunic - any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees | ||
| cloak a loose outer garment | ||
| chiton primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates | ||
| gymslip a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform | ||
| kameez a long tunic worn by many people from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a salwar or churidars) | ||
| kirtle a long dress worn by women | ||
| surcoat a tunic worn over a knight's armor | ||
| tunic - an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue | ||
| tunica, adventitia | ||
| tissue layer, membrane a thin pliable sheet of material | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tunic (Noun)
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tunic (n.)
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. - tunic (n.)
Any similar garment worm 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. - tunic (n.)
Same as Tunicle. - tunic (n.)
A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye. - tunic (n.)
A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed. - tunic (n.)
See Mantle, n., 3 (a).
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tunic
Old Roman undergarment.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tunic
tū′nik, n. a loose frock worn by females and boys: an ecclesiastical short-sleeved vestment, worn over the alb at mass by the sub-deacon, very similar to the dalmatic, but smaller: a military surcoat: the ordinary fatigue-coat of a private soldier, also the coat of an officer: (anat.) a membrane that covers some organ: (bot.) a covering, as of a seed.—n. Tunicā′ta, a class of remarkable animals, many of which are popularly known as Ascidians or sea-squirts—now regarded as occupying a lowly place among vertebrate or chordate animals.—adjs. Tū′nicate, -d (bot.), covered with a tunic or with layers.—n. Tū′nicle, a little tunic: as an ecclesiastical vestment, the same as tunic. [Fr. tunique—L. tunica, an under-garment of both sexes.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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tunic
A close-fitting coat, with short sleeves, worn in ancient times by the Romans. This sort of clothing was prevalent among the French after their return from the Crusades to the Holy Land. They adopted it from the Saracens, and seemed ambitious of appearing in a garb which bore testimony to their feats of valor. These tunics, which were converted into a sort of uniform, obtained the name of saladines among the French, in compliment to the emperor Saladin.
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🔤- tunic, noun, singular of tunics.
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