shirt Definition

shirt
noun

1. A man's loose-sleeved garment for the upper body, typically with buttons down the front, and fitted collar and cuffs.
2. A woman's blouse of a similar form.
3. An undershirt.
4. A nightshirt.

Idiom: keep one's shirt on

colloq
To control one's temper; to remain calm.

Idiom: put one's shirt on something

colloq
To bet all one has on it.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon scyrte.