shirting

noun

shirt·​ing ˈshər-tiŋ How to pronounce shirting (audio)
: fabric suitable for shirts

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Collection 01, which drops today, is a real celebration of Posen’s love of draping and construction, and features everything from silk slip dresses and tailored shirting and trousers, to corsets and bubble-hem miniskirts. Joy Montgomery, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025 For Fall, the cotton in the Sivan collection includes shirtings, trousers, corduroy pieces and a pleated skirt. Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 27 Feb. 2025 Oversized batwing shapes are reconfigured into asymmetrical forms, trousers deconstructed into architectural shapes, and classic shirting is reinterpreted with raw edges, abstract layering and unexpected embellishments. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 Black velvet trousers were reconstituted a saucy cocktail dress, and striped poplin cotton shirting patched into a corseted dress. Erin Duxbury, WWD, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shirting

Word History

First Known Use

1604, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shirting was in 1604

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“Shirting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shirting. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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