What does "henley" mean?
A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.
Henley
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.
- Grammar: henley is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: locality, shirt, top, town.
- Usage evidence: Does this burgundy Henley shirt come in small?
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 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 A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A town in Oxfordshire; see Henley-on-Thames. countable, uncountable
- 2 A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A town in Warwickshire; see Henley-in-Arden. countable, uncountable
- 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 A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; An outer eastern suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9016). countable, uncountable
- 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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- 6 A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5476). countable, uncountable
- 7 A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in High Ham parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4332) countable, uncountable
- 8 A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4407). countable, uncountable
- 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
- 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
- 11 A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet in Box parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8267) countable, uncountable
- 12 A place name, including:; A number of places in England:; A hamlet mostly in Buttermere parish, Wiltshire. (OS grid ref SU3259). countable, uncountable
- 13 A place name, including:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri, derived from the surname. countable, uncountable
- 14 A place name, including:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, derived from the surname. countable, uncountable
- 15 A place name, including:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, also from the surname. countable, uncountable
- 16 A place name, including:; A suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 17 A place name, including:; A settlement in Otago, New Zealand, on the Taieri River. countable, uncountable
- 18 A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Does this burgundy Henley shirt come in small?"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "henley"?
Common synonyms include: locality, shirt, top, town.
How do you use "henley" in a sentence?
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.