ʃə:t n. 1 a man's upper-body
garment of
cotton etc., having a
collar, sleeves,
and esp.
buttons down
the front, and
often worn under a
jacket or
sweater. 2 a
similar garment worn by a
woman; a
blouse. 3 =
NIGHTSHIRT. økeep one's shirt on colloq.
keep one's
temper. put one's shirt on colloq.
bet all one has on; be
sure of. shirt blouse =
sense 2 of n. shirt-dress =
SHIRTWAISTER. shirt-front the
breast of a shirt, esp. of a stiffened
evening shirt. the shirt
off one's
back colloq. one's last remaining possessions. shirt-tail the lower curved
part of a shirt
below the
waist. øøshirted adj. shirting n. shirtless adj. [OE scyrte, corresp. to ON skyrta (cf. SKIRT) f. Gmc:
cf. SHORT]