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Shirt

Shirt Meaning & Definition
Shirt Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shirt?

[n] a garment worn on the upper half of the body
[v] put a shirt on

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See Also | apparel | camise | clothe | dashiki | dickey | dickie | dicky | dress | dress shirt | enclothe | evening shirt | fit out | garb | garment | garment | habilitate | hair shirt | jersey | polo shirt | raiment | shirt button | shirtfront | shirting | shirtsleeve | shirttail | sport shirt | tank top | tee shirt | tog | T-shirt

Shirt In Webster's Dictionary

\Shirt\, n. [OE. schirte, sherte, schurte; akin to Icel. skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, Dan. ski["o]rt a petticoat, D. schort a petticoat, an argon, G. schurz, sch["u]rze, an argon; all probably from the root of E. short, as being originally a short garment. See {Short}, and cf. {Skirt}.] A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys. Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts. --Addison. She had her shirts and girdles of hair. --Bp. Fisher.
\Shirt\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Shirted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shirting}.] To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. --Dryden.

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