nether-shirt

plural nether-shirts · alternative nether shirt

1. An undershirt.

   And not content with imparting this valuable information to the public, the editor of the great daily publishes the results of his investigations into the probable cost of a nether-shirt of such fine material, [...]

   1892, The Illustrated American

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   Because the men did not have uniforms, they presented a crazy quilt array of dress. "Many were shirtless, except the nether shirt, shoeless, hatless, and pantless — in fact, were quite 'less' in every way," Charles Hopkins noted.

   2005, Bradley M. Gottfried, Kearny's own