CLOTHING ON GOR
Bana: jewelery of precious metals and stones, worn by Free Persons

Bina (li. 'slave beads'): slave jewelery, ussually consisting of plain metal, colored strings, and wooden or cheap glass beads, sometimes usually a slave's nams

Binding fiber: stout twine made of strips of leather or a fiber like hemp, apeice long enough to fit a slavegirl's waist 2-3 times is often used as a belt for her slave tunic.

camisk: simple, pouch like slave garment, about 18 inches wide.

camisk Turian: a style of camisk worn by slaves in the city/state of Turis. The cloth is shaped like an inverted 'T' with a beveled crossbar, fastened behind the neck the material falls before the wearer's body; the crossbar then between her legs and is 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 infront of the waist.

chalwar: baggy pants of diaphanous silk, warn by slave girls of the Tahiri, silmular to the harem trousers of Urth.

chatka: the strip of black leather, some 6 inches by 5 feet long, worn like a breech clout over the curla by the slavegirls of the Wagon Peoples.

curla: the red waist cord worn by slavegirls of the Wagon People to support the chatka.

House veil: the next-to-last veil worn by Free Women, esp. when in the company of men not of their own family, worn over the pride veil,and under the street veil upon leaving the house.

kalmak: vest of blackleather worn by slavegirls of the Wagon Peoples.

kes: short tunic of black leather worn by males slaves of the Wagon Peoples.

koora: strip of red fabic worn as a headband by the slavegirls of the Wagon Peoples.

last veil: the innermost of the five veils worn by Free Women; it is worn under the veil of citizeness, and is often very sheer

pride veil: the thrid veil worn by Free Women; worn under the house veil and over the veil of citizeness.

rep cloth: rough fabric woven of fibers of the rep plant: analoguos to cotton muslin?

robes of concealment: the mode of dress favored by Free Women in some of the larger cities/states (i.e. Ar, Ko-ro-ba, Turia, ect.) it consists of one or more hooded robes of heavy brocade, or other opaque fabric, plus five face veils.

slave bells: tiny bells which gives off a sensual shimmer of sound; threaded by dozens or thongs or chains,they maybe tied or locked around a girls ankles or wrists, or attached to her collar; are worn or removed only at a whim of a Master

slave rag: see ta-teera

slave silk: a way of indicating a slaves 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 covering the lower half of the face; it parodies the heavy veil worn by Free Women, as it conceals nothing and often arrouses the lust of the Masters.

street veil: the outer most veil worn by Free Women; worn over the house veil when leaving the house.

ta-teera: a simple cloth, slit on both sides with a slit for the head,worn poncho style cloth is held in place with a cord tied tightly about the waist, the hem coming barely beneath the groin and bottom so that so that the slave's flesh is available at all times.

talmit: headband

ta-teera: silimar to a slave tunic, but more ragged and revealing; often reffered as the 'slave rag'.

veil: a covering or coverings for the face, worn by Free Women in many ciy-states; up to five are worn see also house veil, last veil, pride veil, street veil, veil of citizeness.

veil of citizeness: the second of the veils worn by Free Women; worn under the pride veil and over the last veil.
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