shirt

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a garment worn on the upper half of the body

Verb (1)

  1. put a shirt on
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Shirt \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. [1913 Webster]
Shirt \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. [1913 Webster]

Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

She had her shirts and girdles of hair. --Bp. Fisher. [1913 Webster]

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