Crimean shirt
noun Australian /NZ historical
A coloured flannel shirt, as worn by workers in the bush: he wore a dirty torn Crimean shirt...
- The rough guernsey or dark Crimean shirt is almost the only wear.
- He wore a Crimean shirt, and a hat like a stage cowboy.
- A bushman, in Crimean shirt and moleskins, would clatter over the stony road and dismount before the inn.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from the name of the Black Sea peninsula, probably with reference to the warmth of the material.