polo shirt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).

Pronunciation

/ˈpəʊləʊ ˌʃɜːt/ /ˈpoʊloʊ ˌʃɝt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-polo shirt.wav

Word forms

polo shirt polo shirts

Etymology

From polo + shirt; so called because they were initially modeled on the type of shirt worn from the 1920s by polo players.

Related words

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