Ionian chiton was introduced into Greece from Asia Minor, and became the ordinary undergarment of women, in Italy as well as Greece, throughout the classical period.
Their undergarment was the Ionian chiton, now called tunica, of which two were sometimes worn together, and the overmantle was the Greek himation, by its Roman name, palla.
It is alleged that this fashion in civilian dress was intended to suggest, by the cutting of the material to show an undergarment beneath, that the wearer was a fighting man who had seen rough service.
King Rene, in his Livre des Tournois, advises a pourpoint or padded undergarment to be put on under the body armour, 'stuffed to the thickness of three fingers on the shoulders for there the blows fall heaviest.
Some persons recommend a tight-fitting undergarment of strong silk, but, in order to be of use, it must be altogether too close for comfort, and the wearer is quite likely to say that he considers it the greater of the evils.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "undergarment" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
