polo shirt

See also: Poloshirt

English

Etymology
The basic design of a polo shirt.
A woman wearing a pink polo shirt.

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

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊləʊ ˌʃɜːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊloʊ ˌʃɝt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo shirt

Noun

polo shirt (plural polo shirts)

  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).
    Synonyms: golf shirt, tennis shirt
    • 2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38:
      […] the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents […]

Usage notes

Not to be confused with a shirt with a polo-neck, which is a high collar covering the neck or turtleneck.

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