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.
Shirt (?), n. [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.]
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.
Hear it pronounced