On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton
1. Any of various marine mollusks of the class Polyplacophora that live on rocks and have shells consisting of eight overlapping calcareous plates. Also called sea cradle.2. A tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
{i} sleeveless gown worn by men and women of ancient Greece; marine mollusk with a shell composed of eight overlapping plates and large muscular foot for mobility (of the order Amphineura)
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
() From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitōn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian (kitû) / (kita’um, “flax", "linen”), from Sumerian (gada) / (gida).