sark

Pronunciation: /sɑːk/

The English word “sark” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A garment worn against the torso, inclusive of shirts, tunics, undershirts, nightshirts, surplices.
Synonym of shirt, whether worn against the skin or not.

verb

To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Etymology

From 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”). Cognate with Scots sark,…

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