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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Shirt

Shĭrt, n.

noun

(18), n. [Icel. skirta, skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, a shirt, Dan. skiört, a petticoat, D. schort, a petticoat, an apron, Prov. Ger. schurz, a petticoat, N. H. Ger. schurz, schürze, an apron, probably from the root of short, q. v. Cf. SKIRT.] A loose garment of linen, cotton, or other material, worn by men and boys next the body; formerly, and rarely now, applied to the under garment of both sexes.

Shīrt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SHIRTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SHIRTING.]

  1. To cover or clothe as with a shirt.
  2. To change the shirt of; — often used reflexively; as to shirt one's self.