different between tunic vs jerkin

English

Alternative forms

• tunick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic; see also Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew ?????? (kuttoneth, “coat”); or from Etruscan. Existed in Old English as tunece; unknown if term was lost and then reborrowed later.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tju?n?k/, /tu?n?k/
• Rhymes: -u?n?k

Noun

tunic (plural tunics)

1. A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
2. (anatomy, botany) Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.
   • 2015, Charlie Nardozzi, New England Month-by-Month Gardening: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year, Cool Springs Press (?ISBN), page 132:

     Select individual bulbs that are firm and have no noticeable blemishes on them. Don't worry about the papery covering or tunic. That may or may not be in place, […]

Translations

References

Anagrams

• cut in, cut-in, cutin, incut

English

Etymology 1

First recorded in early 1500s. Possibly related to Dutch jurk (“dress”), itself of unknown origin and not attested before the 17th century. Derivation from Old French jo(u)rne (“day”) has been suggested.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???.k?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d???.k?n/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k?n

Noun

jerkin (plural jerkins)

1. (historical) A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves.
2. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 32:

     A tall and very good-looking kid in a jerkin came out of the store and rode the coupé off around the corner and came back walking, his glistening black hair plastered with rain.

Translations

See also

• bodice
• doublet
• gherkin

Etymology 2

Noun

jerkin (plural jerkins)

1. Alternative form of gyrkin

Further reading

• jerkin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• jinker