(UNDER-1 5 a. Cf. NFris. onnersjürt, Da. underskjorte, Sw. -skjorta.)
1648. Hexham, II. Een Onder-hemde, an Vnder-shirt.
1856. Emerson, Eng. Traits, Aristocr. Older than all epics and histories, which clothe a nation, this undershirt sits close to the body.
1903. S. Brown, in F. W. H. Myers, Hum. Personality, I. 38. There was a sum of money in an inside pocket of his undershirt.