D defs.my
Entry 6 senses Webster, 1913

Tunic

/(tū"nĭk)/ · Tu·nic · IPA /ˈtjuːnɪk/
01 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 con…
  1. 1.
    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.(Rom. Antiq.)
  2. 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.
  3. 3.
    Same as Tunicle.(R. C. Ch.) See: Tunicle
  4. 4.
    A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.(Anat.)
  5. 5.
    A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.(Bot.)
  6. 6.
    See Mantle, n., 3 (a).(Zool.) See: Mantle