Tunic

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–noun 

1. Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.

2. a gownlike outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes belted, worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans. 



3. a woman's upper garment, either loose or close-fitting and extending over the skirt to the hips or below.

4. a garment with a short skirt, worn by women for sports.

5. Ecclesiastical. a tunicle.

6. Anatomy, Zoology. any covering or investing membrane or part, as of an organ.

7. Botany. an integument, as that covering a seed.





　

This is a button from the tunic of a wagon-lit conductor.





shawl

A [woman] in a black shawl came out of the shop.

It's arresting and horrifying to watch Mr. Gosling's Danny put on a [prayer] shawl and chant sections from a religious service as he [gives] a Nazi salute

burqa

I originally wanted to work the [burqa] into that one

Never take your freedoms for granted. Blue burqa'd woman flying through the streets of [Afghanistan]...

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