dress shirt

noun

1. a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.

2. a man's shirt, buttoning down the front and typically having long sleeves with barrel or French cuffs, and a soft or starched collar, worn with a necktie.

dress shirt

noun

1. a man's shirt, usually white, worn as part of formal evening dress, usually having a stiffened or decorative front

Word History and Origins

Origin of dress shirt¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

A short time later, a man in a white dress shirt walked through the hole in the fence and toward a tent.

From Los Angeles Times

Pascal’s Mr. Fantastic is so buttoned-down that he tucks his tie into his dress shirt.

From Los Angeles Times

Jacket and tieless with his dress shirt’s sleeves rolled up lopsidedly, he hastily joked, “I’m nervous, but I hope you enjoy it — and if you don’t, tell us gently.”

From Los Angeles Times

I even had time to walk back to my car and change from my T-shirt into a clean white dress shirt I had brought with me.

From Los Angeles Times

Some wore the Trump uniform of tan khakis and a white dress shirt.

From Salon