Cynthia Virtue wrote:
Adele de Maisieres wrote:
People here practically use t-tunic as a techinical term. It
means a basic tunic with a rectangular front and back, unshaped
sleeve heads, small square gussets at the armpit and two-piece gores
in the side-seam. Great shorthand when you
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Marc Carlson wrote:
From: Cynthia Virtue [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Did you skip a cite there? I don't see something which says it wasn't
worn with some kind of body linen layer under it. a body garment or
coat seems to imply tunic could apply to both layers.
I think we're
Marc Carlson wrote:
Let's first establish what a tunic is: according to the Oxford
Mnglish Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary, a Tunic (for the
middle ages at least) is A garment resembling a shirt or a gown, worn
by both sexes among the Greeks and Romans (OED), In Old English and
Charlene Charette wrote:
My understanding is (and it may be flawed of course) is that
T-tunic has traditionally referred to the fold over cut and sew up
the side, but otherwise unconstructed sort of tunic. When you start
attaching sleeves, or sticking in gores, you are making a constructed
Adele de Maisieres wrote:
pount for descriding something
I'm clearly having one of those days. But I'd like to define the word
descride as-- v.t. to describe dismissively or unkindly.
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Adele de Maisieres
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Quot homines, tot sententiae.
Adele de Maisieres wrote:
People here practically use t-tunic as a techinical term. It means
a basic tunic with a rectangular front and back, unshaped sleeve heads,
small square gussets at the armpit and two-piece gores in the
side-seam. Great shorthand when you want to use that as a
