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Definition of Shirt
1. Verb. Put a shirt on.
2. Noun. A garment worn on the upper half of the body.
Terms within: Dickey, Dickie, Dicky, Shirtfront, Shirt Button, Shirtfront, Shirtsleeve, Shirttail
Generic synonyms: Garment
Terms within: Shirting
Definition of Shirt
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. & i. To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Definition of Shirt
1. Noun. An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms. ¹
2. Noun. (context: "shirts and skins" games) a member of the shirt-wearing team. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shirt
1. a garment for the upper part of the body [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shirt
Literary usage of Shirt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by Sir Thomas Malory (1868)
"Then Sir Launcelot alight, and entered into the chapel, and there he saw an old
man dead, in a white shirt of passing fine cloth. Sir, said the good man, ..."
2. In the Child's World: Morning Talks and Stories for Kindergartens, Primary by Emilie Poulsson (1893)
"Each child had but one shirt, and when the largest had outgrown his, ... So it
happened that the shirt that came to' the youngest was always so thin that ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Samuel Blatchford (1888)
"The shirt is constructed by placing two or more layers of cloth composing ...
The bosom is then placed upon the shirt body and fastened to it by a second ..."
4. A History of the Criminal Law of England by James Fitzjames Stephen (1883)
"The inference from this was that the shirt was worn by the murderer. The points
as to the dirt and the seeds of figs were no doubt important, ..."
5. A History of the Criminal Law of England by James Fitzjames Stephen (1883)
"The inference from this was that the shirt was worn by the murderer. The points
as to the dirt and the seeds of figs were no doubt important, ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The first shirt factory of which there is a CLOTHING INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED
STATES—PRINCIPAL BRANCHES CLOTHING FOR MEN AND Boys in the manufacture of ..."
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