Sark

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɑːk/

From Middle English sark, serk, serke, from Old English syrce, sirce, serce ("sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail"), 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, serk ("shirt, shift"), North Frisian serk ("shirt"), Danish særk ("gown, shirt"), Swedish särk ("shirt, chemise"), Icelandic serkur ("nightshirt").

Full definition of sark

Noun

1. (Scotland and Northern England) A shirt.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Anagrams

• arks
• ksar