Worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance

• Exercise piece
• Acrobat's wear
• One-piece garment
• A tight-fitting garment that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles)
• One-piece suit
• Gymnast's garment

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A unitard is a skintight, one-piece garment with long legs and sometimes long sleeves, usually stopping at the wrists and ankles. It differs from a leotard in that a leotard does not have long legs. The garment can be considered a combination of a leotard ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1961, from uni- "one" + ending from leotard .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance [syn: leotard , body suit ...