chlamys

[ kley-mis, klam-is ]

/ ˈkleɪ mɪs, ˈklæm ɪs /

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noun, plural chla·mys·es

[kley-mi-siz, klam-i-], /ˈkleɪ mɪ sɪz, ˈklæm ɪ-/, chlam·y·des

[klam-i-deez]. /ˈklæm ɪˌdiz/.

a short, fine woolen mantle worn by men in ancient Greece.

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Origin of chlamys

1740–50; <Latin <Greek chlamýs

For instance, on the third story is a knight dressed in tunic and chlamys.
The Spell of Switzerland|Nathan Haskell Dole
Do you remember how Socrates says he felt when the chlamys blew aside and showed him the limbs of Charmides?
Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (of 2)|Frank Harris
Many would have bought the chlamys, but there was something less saleable in the child and flowers.
The Glory of English Prose|Stephen Coleridge
But beneath the purple chlamys poor little Olive still trembled and grieved.
Olive|Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

By the way, you know about everything: have they got back his chlamys yet, which Mithridates took to Cos?
Cleopatra|H. Rider Haggard