“ TUNIC (O. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman conquest, directly from Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown) , properly the name given in Latin to the principal undergarment of men and women, answering to the chiton (χιτών) of the Greeks, and covered by the outer garment, the palla (Gr. ἱμάτιον) , in the case of women, and by the peculiar Roman garment, the toga, in the case of men. The male tunica differed from the χιτών in usually having short sleeves (see further Costume: § Ancient Greek and Roman) . ”