[Gr. ἐξωμίς, f. ἐξ out + ὦμος shoulder.] A vest without sleeves, leaving the shoulders bare; worn by artisans and slaves.
1850. Leitch, Müller’s Anc. Art, 400. The exomis, worn by artisans, while it supplied at the same time the place of the himation … left the right shoulder with the arm free.
