shirtfront

English Thesaurus

1. a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	insert, inset,
definition	:	an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	shirt,
definition	:	a garment worn on the upper half of the body (noun.artifact)

2. the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket) (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	front,
definition	:	the side that is seen or that goes first (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	plastron,
definition	:	the front of man's dress shirt (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	plastron,
definition	:	the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	shirt,
definition	:	a garment worn on the upper half of the body (noun.artifact)

3. a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	dickey, dicky,
definition	:	(British informal) faulty (adj.all)

derivation	:	dickey, dicky,
definition	:	(British informal) faulty (adj.all)