Tabard vs. Tunic

Tabardnoun

A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.

Tabardnoun

A woman's or girl's sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.

Tabardnoun

(obsolete) A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.

Tabardnoun

(obsolete) A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.

Tabardnoun

(obsolete) A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.

Tabardnoun

A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds.

Tabardnoun

a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald

Tabard

A tabard is a type of short coat that was commonly worn by men during the late Middle Ages and early modern period in Europe. Generally worn outdoors, the coat was either sleeveless or had short sleeves or shoulder pieces.

Tunicnoun

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Tunicnoun

Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

Tunicnoun

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.

Tunicnoun

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.

Tunicnoun

Same as Tunicle.

Tunicnoun

A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.

Tunicnoun

A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.

Tunicnoun

See Mantle, n., 3 (a).

Tunicnoun

an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue

Tunicnoun

any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees

Tunicnoun

a loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome.

Tunicnoun

a loose, thigh-length garment, worn typically by women over a skirt or trousers

Tunicnoun

a gymslip.

Tunicnoun

a close-fitting short coat as part of a uniform, especially a police or military uniform.

Tunicnoun

an integument or membrane enclosing or lining an organ or part.

Tunicnoun

any of the concentric layers of a plant bulb, e.g. an onion.

Tunicnoun

the rubbery outer coat of a sea squirt.

Tunic

A tunic is a garment for the body, usually simple in style, reaching from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and the knees. The name derives from the Latin tunica, the basic garment worn by both men and women in Ancient Rome, which in turn was based on earlier Greek garments that covered wearers' waists.