a woman's blouse or bodice tailored more or less like a shirt
2.
a dress with a bodice like this
: in full shirtwaist dress
shirtwaist in American English
(ˈʃɜːrtˌweist)
noun
1.
a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women
2. Also called: shirt-dress, shirtwaist dress, shirtwaister
a dress with a bodice and a front opening tailored like those of a dress shirt
Word origin
[1875–80; shirt + waist]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, hat trick, knockabout, weekend, weekender