Crossword clues for undershirt
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Undershirt \Un"der*shirt`\, n. A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. an upper undergarment with no collar, and with short or no sleeves, worn next to the skin under a shirt; a singlet or (''British'') a vest
WordNet
Wikipedia
An undershirt is an article of underwear worn underneath a dress shirt intended to protect it from body sweat and odors. Alternatively, it may be worn to protect the body from stiff or otherwise uncomfortable fabric that a person may be required to wear (such as a mandatory work uniform). It can have short sleeves or be sleeveless. The term most commonly refers to upper-body wear worn by males. This article of clothing typically has a low, round neckline that can be worn for athletic purposes.
It also makes dress shirts less transparent. It can also be worn during winter months as an extra layer of warmth.
Usage examples of "undershirt".
Children were climbing all over Joshua, inspecting Adam, and then Poly came running out of the bungalow, holding the hand of a very small child she had evidently been tending, since he was dressed only in a torn white undershirt, and she carried a diaper in her hand.
I donned an extra woolen undershirt, wound my thick wool sash tightly around my waist so as to warm my midriff, pulled on my shalwar pants lined with rabbit fur and, as I was leaving the house, turned to discover Shevket in the doorway.
He hung everything carefully away, moving about the bedroom in under drawers as long as Bermuda shorts and balbriggan undershirt with cap sleeves.
I had tied two handkerchiefs together, and rolling my share in one of them, belted the amount between my overshirt and undershirt.
He tossed it somewhere behind him, then removed his shirt and silkaline undershirt.
He was sixtyish, unshaven, with small black eyes, a round, bald head, a roll of fat bulging a soiled undershirt packed with hair like a burst mattress.
Shoals of dirty brats with runny noses, nits, and impetigo playing noisy games of kick-the-can or stickball in the street while unshaven out-of-work men in stretched, sweaty undershirts talked in loud voices from stoop to stoop on hot summer nights as they sucked at quart bottles of ale.
He tucked his khaki undershirt into his white rayon bellbottoms and called for more drink.
In the afternoon, we sat around the room in our undershirts, with the air-conditioner on.
I wore T-shirts, but he still wore the old kind, thin knit undershirts with just narrow shoulder straps, leaving the upper arms and shoulders bare.
His high explosives team of half a dozen draftees sat in undershirts, bathing shorts and handkerchiefs worn on the head pirate-style.
With each trip to town, she brought home a few more items for the baby until she had a supply of little undershirts, socks, sleepsuits, and newborn outfits along with the requisite bibs, rattles, teething rings, baby powder, diapers, and assorted baby items, all of it augmented by purchases Jessy had made.
Almost hesitantly she opened one of the drawers and looked inside at the folded undershirts and white briefs.
Seconds later, a muscular guy in a wifebeater undershirt was staring back at me from the screen.
When Captain Jensen, the wildest of the Blackbirders though descended from old New York Knickerbocker stock, surged in, clad in loin-cloth, undershirt, two belted revolvers and a sheath knife, he was stopped at the beach.