Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 46:12

וריש לקיש מדו כמדתו מדאפקיה רחמנא בלשון מדו שלא יהא דבר קודם למכנסים מעל בשרו נפקא

- The Divine Law revealed the regulation for tunic and breeches, but it includes also mitre and girdle.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He explains that in reality four garments are required here, as may be inferred from the parallel passage in Lev. XVI, 4, where as a matter of course 'mitre and girdle' are added, the one passage supplementing implicates the other.');">¹⁵</span> Then why are these [two specially mentioned]? - 'Middo bad' ['linen garments'] is written [here to indicate] proper measure,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He connects 'middo' which comes from a root meaning garment, with 'madad', which means to measure, i.e., the garment must be of proper measure, for the priest's figure. Resh Lakish infers from the fact that 'middo' (garment) is used instead of the usual 'kethoneth' (tunic) that a properly fitting garment is required.');">¹⁶</span>

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