polo shirt

noun

1. a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.

polo shirt

noun

1. a knitted cotton short-sleeved shirt with a collar and three-button opening at the neck

Word History and Origins

Origin of polo shirt¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

To the left was James Carville, hanging out in his polo shirt and looking increasingly glum as the evening wore on.

From Salon

David watched the play from the Tiger Stadium sideline, where he wore a Denver Broncos polo shirt in a nod to his current job as the team’s senior personnel executive.

From Los Angeles Times

In suffocating temperatures, he showed up in a white polo shirt buttoned all the way to the top.

From Los Angeles Times

A lot of fashion aggregator IG accounts feel like anonymous engagement farms, dutifully feeding old photos of Harrison Ford in a polo shirt to bored people.

From Los Angeles Times

It seemed like a typical innocuous political advertisement - Mr Ford sporting a casual black polo shirt and a blue apron, standing at a barbecue grilling burgers, cans of beer at hand.

From BBC