# polo shirt

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpəʊləʊ ˌʃɜːt/

## Definitions
1. A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).

## Etymology
From polo + shirt; so called because they were initially modeled on the type of shirt worn from the 1920s by polo players.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/polo-shirt