SHIRTING

shirting

(noun) any of various fabrics used to make men’s shirts

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shirting (countable and uncountable, plural shirtings)

Any fabric used to make shirts.

Shirts collectively.

Source: Wiktionary


Shirt"ing, n.

Definition: Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts.

SHIRT

Shirt, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Shirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirting.]

Definition: To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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