henley

H4E1N1L1E1Y4

noun

A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.

OriginOld English hēan →
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Meanings

henley1

nounhenley (plural henleys)

plural henleys

  1. A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.

    I found a long-sleeve henley in a long-john weave of cool, beautifully soft viscose for $125.

    2007 June 14, Mike Albo, “If You Really Need the Big Price Tag”, in New York Times
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    A few years in, he had refined his appearance and ironed out the edges. He’d traded in T-shirts and cargo shorts for fitted Henleys and jeans.

    2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN

Henley2

proper nounHenley (countable and uncountable, plural Henleys)

plural Henleys

  1. A place name, including:
    1. countableuncountableA town in Oxfordshire; see Henley-on-Thames.
    2. countableuncountableA town in Warwickshire; see Henley-in-Arden.
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Buckland Newton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST6904).
    4. countableuncountableAn outer eastern suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9016).
    5. countableuncountableA hamlet in Acton Scott parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4588).
    6. countableuncountableA hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5476).
    7. countableuncountableA hamlet in High Ham parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4332)
    8. countableuncountableA hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4407).
    9. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1551).
    10. countableuncountableA small settlement in Easebourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8925).
    11. countableuncountableA hamlet in Box parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8267)
    12. countableuncountableA hamlet mostly in Buttermere parish, Wiltshire. (OS grid ref SU3259).
    13. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri, derived from the surname.
    14. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, derived from the surname.
    15. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, also from the surname.
    16. countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
    17. countableuncountableA settlement in Otago, New Zealand, on the Taieri River.
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
nounHenley (plural Henleys)

plural Henleys

  1. businessAlternative letter-case form of henley.

    A few years in, he had refined his appearance and ironed out the edges. He’d traded in T-shirts and cargo shorts for fitted Henleys and jeans.

    2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN

Origin

henley · noun

From the town of Henley(-on-Thames) in England, where the rowers wore shirts of this type.

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Henley · proper noun, noun

  1. Old Englishhēan
  2. EnglishHenley

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.

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“henley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/henley. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “henley,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/henley.

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