shirtwaist

See also: shirt-waist and shirt waist

English

Alternative forms

• shirt-waist
• shirt waist

Etymology

shirt +‎ waist

Noun

shirtwaist (plural shirtwaists)

1. (US) A woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the front.
   • 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 109:

     The straw seats of the car hovered on the edge of combustion; the woman next to me perspired delicately for a while into her white shirtwaist […].

Synonyms

• shirtwaister

Derived terms

• shirtwaist blouse

See also

• shirtdress