Henley

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.

    "I found a long-sleeve henley in a long-john weave of cool, beautifully soft viscose for $125."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of henley. alt-of

    "A few years in, he had refined his appearance and ironed out the edges. He’d traded in T-shirts and cargo shorts for fitted Henleys and jeans."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A town in Oxfordshire; see Henley-on-Thames. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A town in Warwickshire; see Henley-in-Arden. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Buckland Newton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST6904). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; An outer eastern suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9016). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Acton Scott parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4588). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5476). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in High Ham parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4332) countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4407). countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1551). countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A small settlement in Easebourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8925). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Box parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8267) countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet mostly in Buttermere parish, Wiltshire. (OS grid ref SU3259). countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A place name, including:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri, derived from the surname. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A place name, including:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, derived from the surname. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A place name, including:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, also from the surname. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A place name, including:; A suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A place name, including:; A settlement in Otago, New Zealand, on the Taieri River. countable, uncountable
  13. 18
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

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localityshirttoptown

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"Does this burgundy Henley shirt come in small?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the town of Henley(-on-Thames) in England, where the rowers wore shirts of this type.

Etymology 2

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.

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