shirting
SaySHUR-tingUS/ˈʃɝtɪŋ/UK/ˈʃɜːtɪŋ/
- 1Cloth that is woven and used for making shirts.
Like flour that is made just for baking bread, this cloth is made just for shirts.
The shop sells soft cotton shirting by the yard.
This shirting feels smooth and light against the skin.
Note
- 2Shirts taken all together and thought of as one group.
Like saying "laundry" for all your dirty clothes at once.
She washed and folded all the shirting on Sunday.
His shirting hung neatly in the closet.
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Origin
It comes from the word 'shirt' plus the ending '-ing'.