• A shirt is a material piece of clothing for the chest area from the neck to the midriff.
  • A shirt can likewise be worn with a tie under the shirt neckline.
  • Initially an underwear worn solely by men, it has become, in American English, a catch-all term for a wide assortment of chest area pieces of clothing and underpants. In British English, a shirt is all the more explicitly an article of clothing with a neckline, sleeves with sleeves, and a full upward opening with buttons or snaps.