A.short frock (“ὑπὲρ γονάτων” X.An.5.4.13), worn by men, Ar.Av.946, Lys.10.10, Phld.Ir.p.39W., etc.; with a girdle, Pl.Hp.Mi.368c; “ὥστε με . . θοἰμάτιον προέσθαι καὶ μικροῦ γυμνὸν ἐν τῷ χ. γενέσθαι” D.21.216, cf. Pl.Hp.Mi. 368c: less freq. of women, shift, D.19.197, IG22.1514.12, al.; “σχιστὸς χ.” Apollod.Com.12.
II. coat of an abscess, Archig. ap. Aët.8.76.