sark
sark · sarks
Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or notSynonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not.
/sɑːk/
Meaning
2 senses(Northern England, Scotland)Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not.
(archaic)A garment worn against the torso, inclusive of shirts, tunics, undershirts, nightshirts, surplices.
Near is the kirtle, but nearer the sark.
Origin
From Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serċ, sierċ m; and serċe, sierċe fFrom Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serċ, sierċ m; and serċe, sierċe f (“sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail”), from Proto-West Germanic *sarki, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *swerk- (“clothes worn outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to arrange, tack, tie, unite”).
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