chitonn.
/ˈkʌɪtɒn/ 1. The ancient Greek tunic.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > other
overslopOE
golionc1290
jupec1290
herigaut1297
rocketc1300
tabardc1300
rocheta1325
suckeny?a1366
hanselinc1386
slopc1386
stolea1387
houpland1392
frockc1400
gipec1400
under-frock1547
vochette1548
shirt1553
rubashka1587
camis1590
gorbelly1598
kebaya1598
tunic1609
sotana1622
supertunic1626
simar1636
manteau1638
peplum1656
peple1658
semar1673
mantua1678
manty1678
mant1694
vest1700
banian1725
galabiya1725
peplos1738
paletota1796
pellard1799
blouse1828
chiton1850
diploidion1850
shirtwaist1859
camorra1869
diplois1887
smock1907
kurta1913
Punjabi1937
kameez1955
kente cloth1957
camouflage smock1964
kanzu1969
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §337 The male chiton was a woollen shirt originally without sleeves.
1885 Athenæum 5 Dec. 741/2 His dress, a scarlet chiton bordered with gold.
2. A genus of Molluscs having a boat-shaped shell consisting of a series of eight separate plates in contact or overlapping each other.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > amphineura or chitons
chiton1815
sea-caterpillara1843
sea-woodlouse1863
mail-shell1867
sea-boat1884
sea-bug1884
Amphineura1889
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris App. p. xxix The anatomy of the chiton.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ix. 266 These with the multivalve Chitons, form the Gastropods.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 503 The Chitons have existed from the Silurian epoch..with very little modification.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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