·add. ·- A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children;
— in England called a blouse.
·add. ·- A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt & ·vi To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. II. Shirt ·noun A loose under-garmen...
·noun A girdle or belt for the waist. II. Waist ·noun A garment, or part of a garment, which covers...
That portion of the main deck of a ship of war, contained between the fore and main hatchways, or be...
The Sailor's Word-Book
a band. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
"Like a purser's shirt on a handspike;" a comparison for clothes fitting loosely. ...
That part of the open skids between the main and fore drifts in men-of-war. It also relates to the r...
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.) ...
The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...
The painted canvas coverings of the hammocks which are stowed in the waist-nettings. ...
The hammock-nettings between the quarter-deck and forecastle. ...
The channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side. ...
Another name for rough-tree (which see). ...