shirttail

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

shirt +‎ tail

Noun [edit]

shirttail (plural shirttails)

  1. The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.

Translations [edit]

bottom part of shirt

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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