'shirtwaist' definitions:
Definition of 'shirtwaist'
From: WordNet
noun
A blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister" [syn: shirtwaist, shirtwaister]
Definition of 'shirtwaist'
From: GCIDE
- shirtwaist \shirtwaist\, Shirt waist \Shirt waist\ [shirt + waist; see waist[3], n.]
- 1. A woman's blouse resembling a men's shirt in cut and style; -- in England called a blouse. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
- 2. a type of woman's dress with a bodice tailored like a shirt; -- also called shirt dress, shirtwaist dress, and shirtwaister. --[RHUD] [PJC]