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SHIRT

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 991 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SHIRT , an undergarment of linen,
silk
 ,
cotton
  and
flannel
  for the upper
part
  of the
body
 , usually only applied to such a garment when worn by men, though the
term
  is becoming common as used of a plain form of
blouse
  worn by women, the American " shirt-waist." The word is apparently Scandinavian in origin and is an adaptation of the Icel. skyrte, Dan. skiorte, properly a short garment, and is derived from the root skarto cut off; it is cognate with Ger. Schurz, apron, and the same root is seen in " short," " shear " and " skirt "; the last word is now used of that
part
  of a woman's garment which reaches from the waist to the feet, but properly means the
lower
  part of the shirt, hence, edge, border of anything.


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