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A jersey is a piece of woolen or cotton clothing with sleeves worn as a pullover; this is to say, it does not open at the front as does a cardigan. It is usually close-fitting and machine knitted, in contrast to a guernsey that is more often hand knit in a thicker cloth. Alternatively, a jersey as used in sport is the name of a shirt worn by a member of a team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype or corporate sponsor. Jersey is also a soft, slightly elastic cloth made from wool, cotton or silk, whose name derives from Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands. This page explains all three uses of the word: the garment, the sports shirt and the fabric.
Alternatively, a jersey as used in sport is the name of a shirt worn by a member of a team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype or corporate sponsor. Notably, jerseys of specific color or pattern represent certain statuses in cycling - such as the yellow jersey of the leader of the Tour de France (learn about cycling jerseys).
Jersey is also a soft, slightly elastic cloth made from wool, cotton or silk.
The name undoubtedly derives from Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands .
Learn more about women's jersey shirts or women's jersey t-shirts.
You can actually be more specific and learn about cotton jersey. For example, you can learn about women's cotton jersey shirts and women's cotton jersey t-shirts.
Don't forget to visit the
Jersey fabric
section of our fabric search to learn more about
this type of knit.
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The three meanings of jersey meet in knitting. The garment is a knitted pullover, and its name comes from the cloth it was made of: jersey fabric, a soft, slightly elastic knit first associated with the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, where knitted woolens were a local trade. As a fabric, jersey is now made from wool, cotton or silk and is the standard cloth of T-shirts and of the cotton jersey shirts and t-shirts sold for women and men alike; its slight natural elasticity, without any added elastic fibre, is what lets a jersey garment fit closely and still pull on over the head. Machine knitting made that cloth cheap and even, which is the practical distinction from the guernsey, its thicker, hand-knit Channel Islands cousin.
The sports meaning took the garment's name with it onto the field. A team jersey carries identification as its first job — club colours and logotype, the athlete's name and team number — printed or sewn onto a shirt cut loose for movement. Cycling made the jersey into a trophy as well: certain colors or patterns represent certain statuses in the race, most famously the yellow jersey worn by the leader of the Tour de France, so that the race leader is recognisable at a glance. Between the knitted pullover of everyday dress, the printed shirt of the team, and the cloth both are cut from, jersey is a word that has to be read in context — garment, uniform or fabric — and this page's related links separate the clothing definition from the jersey fabric section for exactly that reason.
A jersey is a piece of woolen or cotton clothing with sleeves worn as a pullover; it does not open at the front as does a cardigan. It is usually close-fitting and machine knitted.
A cardigan opens at the front and a jersey does not. A guernsey is more often hand knit in a thicker cloth, while a jersey is machine knitted and close-fitting.
In sport, a jersey is the shirt worn by a member of a team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype or corporate sponsor. Certain colors or patterns represent statuses in cycling, such as the yellow jersey of the leader of the Tour de France.