Crimean shirt

English

Etymology

So named as this style of shirt was used in the Crimean War (1853-1856).

Noun

Crimean shirt (plural Crimean shirts)

  1. A wide, flannel, buttonless long-sleeved shirt with collar and V-neck formerly worn by labourers.
    • 1868 May 5, The Colonist, volume 1107, Nelson, [advertisement], page 1:
      But should forgotten be these names,
        In life's incessant round,
      One famous institution lives,
        The Crimean war did found.

      When stormy winter's frosts and snows
        Brought suffering on our men;
      Invention formed the CRIMEAN SHIRT,
        And made them warm again.

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