bana
|
Jewelry, of precious
metals and stones, worn by free persons. |
| bina |
(Lit. 'slave beads') Slave
jewelry, usually consisting of plain metals, colored
string, and wooden or cheap glass beads. sometimes used
as a slave name. |
| binding
fiber |
Stout twine made of strips
of leather or of a fiber like hemp. A piece long enough
to circle a slavegirl's waist 2-3 times is often used as
a belt for her slave tunic. |
| camisk |
A simple, poncho-like
slave garment, about 18 inches wide. |
| camisk,
Turian |
A style of camisk worn by
slaves in the city-state of Turia. Yhe cloth is shaped
like an inverted 'T' with a beveled crossbar. It is
fastened behind the neck and the material falls before
the wearer's body; the crossbar then passes between the
legs and is then brought forward snugly at the hips; it
is held in place by a single cord that binds it at the
back of the neck, behind the back, and in front at the
waist. |
| chalwar |
Baggy pants of diaphanous
silk, worn by slavegirls of the Tahari; similar to the
harem trousers of Urth. |
| chatka |
The strip of black
leather, some 6 inches wide by 5 feet long, worn like a
breech clout over the curla by the slave girls of the
Wagon Peoples. |
| curla |
The red waist cord worn by
slave girls of the Wagon Peoples to support the chatka. |
| house veil |
The next-to-last veil worn
by free women, esp. when in the company of men not of her
own family; worn over the pride veil, and under the
street veil upon leaving the house. |
| kalmak |
A vest of black leather
worn by the slave girls of the Wagon Peoples. |
| kes |
A short tunic of black
leather worn by the male slaves of the Wagon Peoples. |
| koora |
A strip of red fabric worn
as a headband by the slave girls of the Wagon Peoples. |
| last veil |
The innermost of the five
veils worn by free women; it is worn under the veil of
the citizeness, and is often very sheer. |
| pride veil |
The third veil worn by
free women; worn under the house veil and over the veil
of the citizeness. |
| repcloth |
A rough fabric woven from
the fibers of the rep plant; possibly analogous to cotton
muslin. |
| robes of
concealment |
The mode of dress favored
by free women in some of the larger city-states (i.e. Ar,
Ko-ro-ba, Turia, etc.); it consists of one or more hooded
robes of heavy brocade, or other opaque fabric, plus up
to five face veils. |
| slave
bells |
Tiny bells which give off
a sensual shimmer of sound; threaded by the dozen on
thongs or chains, they may be tied or locked around a
girl's ankles or wrists, or attached to her collar; they
are worn or removed only at the whim of a Master. |
| slave rag |
See Ta-Teera. |
| slave silk |
A way of indicating a
slave's type. See: white silk slave, red silk slave,
yellow silk slave, grey silk slave, and black silk slave.
|
| slave veil
|
(Noun) A small triangle of
diaphanous yellow silk, worn across the bridge of the
nose and covering the lower half of the face; it parodies
the heavy veils worn by free women, as it conceals
nothing and often arouses the lust of Masters. |
| street
veil |
The outermost veil worn by
free women; worn over the house veil when leaving the
house. It is very opaque. |
| ta-teera |
A simple cloth, slit fully
on both sides with a slit for the head. Worn poncho
style, the cloth is held in place with a cord tied
tightly about the waist, the hem coming barely beneath
the groin and bottom so that the slave flesh is fully
available at all times. It is also referred to as a slave
rag. |
| talmit |
A headband. |
| veil |
A covering or coverings
for the face, worn by free women in many city-states; up
to five are worn. See also: house veil, last veil, pride
veil, street veil, veil of the citizeness. |
| veil of
the citizeness |
The second of the veils
worn by free women; worn under the pride veil and over
the last veil. |
