shirt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a garment worn on the upper half of the body
  2. verb put a shirt on

WordNet

Shirt noun
Etymology
OE. schirte, sherte, schurte; akin to Icel. skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, Dan. skiört a petticoat, D. schort a petticoat, an argon, G. schurz, schürze, an argon; all probably from the root of E. short, as being originally a short garment. See Short, and cf. Skirt.
Definitions
  1. 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 transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Shirted; present participle & verbal noun Shirting
Definitions
  1. To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. Dryden.

Webster 1913