polo shirt

English

Polo shirt outline

Etymology

From polo + shirt; so called because they were initially modeled on the type worn by polo players.

Noun

polo shirt (plural polo shirts)

  1. A casual top with buttons and a protruding collar.
    • 2004 August 30, in The New Yorker, page 38:
      [] the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents []

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