# shirt

Pronunciation: say "SHURT" US /ʃɜɹt/, UK /ʃɜːt/

## Noun

1. An item of clothing worn on the upper body, often having long or short sleeves that cover the arms.
   - Simple: A piece of clothing for the upper body, usually with sleeves that cover the arms.
   - _He ironed his shirt before the interview._
   - _The hikers packed extra shirts for the long trip._
2. A member of the team that wears shirts in an informal game where one side keeps its shirts on and the other plays bare-chested.
   - Simple: A player on the team that wears shirts in a casual game, while the other team goes without shirts.
   - _When we split up for basketball at the park, Dan pointed at me and said I was a shirt and everyone on his side would play as skins._
   - _The shirts pressed forward while the skins fell back on defense._

## Verb

3. To clothe or cover someone with a shirt, or to wrap something as if in a shirt. *(rare)*
   - Simple: To put a shirt on someone, or to cover something as a shirt would.

## Other meanings

- (noun) The interior lining of a blast furnace.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — From Middle English sherte, from Old English scyrte ('a short garment; skirt'), from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ ('a short garment'), ultimately from a root meaning 'short'. It is a doublet of skirt (via Old Norse) and related to English short, with cognates such as Dutch schort ('apron'), German Schürze ('apron'), and Swedish skjorta ('shirt').
**Meaning 3** — From Middle English schirten, shirten, formed from the noun shirt.

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