Definition of Chitan
||Chi"ton (?), n. [Gr. &?; a chiton
(in sense 1).] 1. An under garment among the
ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
2. (Zoöl.) One of a group of
gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal
plates. See Polyplacophora.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A loose woolen tunic used by the ancient Greeks
*1992: On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis's house. — Donna Tartt, The Secret History
- Rock-clinging marine mollusc of the class Polyplacophora
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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