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A short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder
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chlamys
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chlamys \Chla"mys\, n.; pl. E. Chlamyses , L. Chlamydes . [L., from Gr. ?.] A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak. [1913 Webster] ||
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Chlamys is a genus of small scallops , marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae . The name is taken from the Ancient Greek , χλαμΰς or Chlamys , a cloak worn by soldiers.
WordNet
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n. collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils [syn: perianth , floral envelope , perigone , perigonium ] a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context historical English) A short cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.
Usage examples of chlamys.
Woland was in some sort of black chlamys with a steel sword on his hip.
Now it was a man in a military chlamys with a short sword at his hip who jumped on to the horse.
Ephesian Artemis appeared with half-open chlamys before her worshippers.
He was a bit of a fop himself, but when his short Centauran-style chlamys parted, Hamid-Jones clearly saw the outline of a shoulder holster.
Poppaea joined him, resplendent in a chlamys of spun silver that flashed with a brilliance approaching that of the diamond strands about her delicate pink neck.
The priests and priestesses of Azza wore saffron tunics with the crimson chlamys, or half-cloak, fastened with bronze brooches.
Sue was wearing an off-the-bosom chlamys with what seemed to be nothing more than a spray-on on the revealed side.
Ephesian Artemis appeared with half-open chlamys before her worshippers.
If the stamping Io soon reads you this, you may know me by my chlamys, which has been dyed a pleasing color with the juice of mulberries.
I spun about to see us surrounded by another noblemen's club, its fellows clad in green-and-white striped hose, their leader wearing a blue chlamys over his tunic.