sherte

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sċyrte. Doublet of skyrte.

Pronunciation

  • (generally) IPA(key): /ˈʃirt(ə)/
  • (Southeastern) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛrt(ə)/ (East Anglia), /ˈʒɛrt(ə)/ (Kent)
  • (Western) IPA(key): /ˈʃurt(ə)/, /ˈʃyrt(ə)/, /ˈʒ-/

Noun

sherte (plural shertes)

  1. A shirt (garment for the top of the body)
  2. (rare) A skirting; a hem (the border of an item of clothing)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: shirt (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: schirt, shurt
  • Yola: shoorth, skoorth

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