Tunic

tū′nik, n. a loose frock worn by females and boys: an ecclesiastical short-sleeved vestment, worn over the alb at ma 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: ( an at. ) a membrane that covers some organ: ( bot. ) a covering, as of a seed.— n. Tunicā′ta , a cla 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.]