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Definition of Chiton

1. Noun. A woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece.

2. Noun. Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates.

Definition of Chiton

1. n. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

Definition of Chiton

1. Noun. A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece. ¹

2. Noun. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class ''Polyplacophora'', including the genus Chiton. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chiton

1. a tunic worn in ancient Greece [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiton

chitinizations chitinlike chitinoid chitinolysis chitinolytic chitinous chitins chitlin chitling chitlings

chitlins chitobiose chitobiosyldiphosphodolichol beta-mannosyltransferase chitobiosylpyrophosphoryldolichol synthase chitodextrinase chiton (current term) chitons chitooligomer chitooligomers chitooligosaccharide

chitooligosaccharides chitosamine chitosan chitosans chitosome chitotriosidase chits chittam bark chittamwood chitted

Literary usage of Chiton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"To secure greater warmth on the breast and shoulders the chiton was made long enough tu be doubled back from the top, and this part reaching to the waist ..."

2. Handbook of Archæology: Egyptian--Greek--Etruscan--Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1878)
"The male chiton was a woollen shirt, originally without sleeves, which was then named the ... The himation was a large square garment worn over the chiton, ..."

3. Catalogue of the Collection of Mazatlan Shells in the British Museum by Philip Pearsall Carpenter (1857)
"GENUS chiton, Linn. chiton, pars, auct.—H. fy A. Ad. Gen. vol. ip 474. ... chiton, pars, auct. Mantle with tufts of bristles. 258. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1906)
"Among some mollusks sent to the writer for examination was a handsome chiton which, after careful study and comparison with American and North European ..."

5. The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual by Josephus Nelson Larned, Augustus Hunt Shearer (1922)
"The chiton [of the ancient Greeks] was an oblong piece of cloth arranged round the body ... On this latter side, therefore, the chiton was completely open, ..."

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