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• Sportswear — (or Active attire) is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or exercise. Typical sport specific garments include shorts, tracksuits, T shirts, polo shirts and trainers. Specialised garments include wet suits and salopettes. It also… …   Wikipedia

• sportswear — ► NOUN ▪ clothes worn for sport or for casual outdoor use …   English terms dictionary

• sportswear — [spôrts′wer΄] n. clothes designed for wear while engaging in sports or on informal occasions …   English World dictionary

• Sportswear —    Having its roots in attire specific to English hunting sports during the mid nineteenth century, it soon became fashionable to wear garments associated with leisure time sports such as golf, tennis, ice skating, polo, horseback riding,… …   Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

• sportswear —    An interesting commercial phenomenon of recent years is the way in which clothing apparel has copied sportswear. Hitherto, the wearing of tracksuits or jogging suits was confined to those practising sports. However partly because of the higher …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• sportswear — [[t]spɔ͟ː(r)tsweə(r)[/t]] N UNCOUNT Sportswear is the special clothing worn for playing sports or for informal leisure activities …   English dictionary

• sportswear — sports|wear [ spɔrts,wer ] noun uncount AMERICAN comfortable clothes that are appropriate for informal occasions: leisure and sportswear manufacturers …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sportswear — UK [ˈspɔː(r)tsˌweə(r)] / US [ˈspɔrtsˌwer] noun [uncountable] 1) British clothes used for playing sport 2) American casual clothes leisure and sportswear manufacturers …   English dictionary

• sportswear — sports•wear [[t]ˈspɔrtsˌwɛər, ˈspoʊrts [/t]] n. 1) clo clothing designed for recreational wear 2) clo clothing orig. designed for daytime or leisure activity but later adapted for more formal occasions • Etymology: 1910–15 …   From formal English to slang

• sportswear — noun Date: 1912 clothing suitable for recreation; broadly clothing designed for casual or informal wear …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sportswear — /spawrts wair , spohrts /, n. 1. clothing designed for wear while playing golf or tennis, hiking, bicycling, jogging, etc.; activewear. 2. men s or women s clothing consisting of separate pieces, as jackets, trousers, sweaters, skirts, and shirts …   Universalium