sherte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• schuyrte, schert, shert, schurte, shurte, sserte, schirte, schyrt, scherte, shearte, shyrte, shirt
• scurte (early southern west mid)

Etymology

From Old English sċyrte. Doublet of skyrte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛrt(ə)/, /ˈʃirt(ə)/, /ˈʃurt(ə)/

Noun

sherte (plural shertes)

1. A shirt (garment for the top of the body)
2. (rare) A skirting; a hem (the border of an item of clothing)

Derived terms

• sherten

Descendants

• English: shirt (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: schirt, shurt
• Yola: shoorth, skoorth

References

• “shirt(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.