shirt
shirt [shirt shirts] BrE [ʃɜːt] NAmE [ʃɜːrt] noun 
a piece of clothing (usually for men), worn on the upper part of the body, made of light cloth, with sleeves and usually with a ↑collar and buttons down the front
•to wear a shirt and tie
•a short-sleeved shirt
•a football shirt
see also ↑nightshirt, ↑polo shirt, ↑stuffed shirt, ↑sweatshirt, ↑T-shirt
Idioms: ↑keep your shirt on ▪ ↑put your shirt on somebody ▪ ↑shirt off somebody's back
Word Origin:
Old English scyrte, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skyrta (compare with ↑skirt), Dutch schort, German Schürze ‘apron’, also to ↑short; probably from a base meaning ‘short garment’.
Example Bank:
•He tucked his shirt into his pants.
•He wears a crisp white shirt to the office every day.
•a footballer's shirt number
•replica football shirts with Beckham's famous number 7
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