See Also: tunic(dictionary)
tunic(dictionary)
tunic(medicine)
vascular tunic of eye(medicine)
serous tunic(medicine)
Bichat's tunic(medicine)
fibrous tunic of eye(medicine)
Brucke's tunic(medicine)
muscular tunic of gallbladder(medicine)
nervous tunic of eyeball(medicine)

tunic (iou)



tunic noun. OE.
[Old & mod. French tunique or its source Latin tunica. Cf. TUNICA noun1.]
A loose garment resembling a shirt or gown, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome. Also, in medieval times, a garment resembling a coat over which a loose mantle or cloak was worn. OE.
a. Anatomy. = TUNICA noun1 1. LME.
b. The integument of a part or organ in a plant; spec. in Botany, any loose membranous skin not formed from the epidermis. Also, any of the layers of a tunicate bulb. M18.
a. A close-fitting short usu. plain coat, esp. worn as a part of police or military uniform. M17.
M. Ignatieff His regimental tunic was stained.
b. A garment worn by women or girls, consisting of a bodice and upper skirt, drawn in at the waist, and worn over a longer skirt or trousers. Also, a kind of loose pleated dress drawn in at the waist. M18.
Harpers & Queen The perfect A-line dress worn as a tunic over the shortest straight skirt.
Ecclesiastical. = TUNICLE 2. L17.
In full tunic shirt. A long loose-fitting shirt worn, esp. in the East, over trousers. L19.
R. P. Jhabvala A prince in pearls, turban, and silk tunic.
tunicked adjective wearing a tunic, usu. of a specified kind M18.
tunicless adjective without a tunic E20.