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henley

henley noun: a type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.

henley: a type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar
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Noun (1)

henley (plural henleys)

  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 $125.2007 June 14, Mike Albo, “If You Really Need the Big Price Tag”, in New York Times
    • 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.2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN

Proper noun capitalized: Henley

Henley (countable and uncountable, plural Henleys)

  1. A town in Oxfordshire; see Henley-on-Thames.
  2. A town in Warwickshire; see Henley-in-Arden.
  3. A hamlet in Buckland Newton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST6904).
  4. An outer eastern suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO9016).
  5. A hamlet in Acton Scott parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO4588).
  6. A hamlet in Bitterley parish, south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5476).
  7. A hamlet in High Ham parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4332)
  8. A hamlet in West Crewkerne parish, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4407).
  9. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1551).
  10. A small settlement in Easebourne parish, Chichester district, West Sussex (OS grid ref SU8925).
  11. A hamlet in Box parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8267)
  12. A hamlet mostly in Buttermere parish, Wiltshire. (OS grid ref SU3259).
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  1. An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri, derived from the surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Scioto County, Ohio, derived from the surname.
  3. An unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, also from the surname.
  4. A suburb of Sydney in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. A settlement in Otago, New Zealand, on the Taieri River.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Noun (2) capitalized: Henley

Henley (plural Henleys)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of henley.
    • 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.2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN

henley meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

henley in Hindi

हेनली, हेनले, हेन्ली

henley in Tamil

ஹென்லி, ஹென்லீ, ஹென்லே

henley in Marathi

हेनली, हेनले, हेन्ली

henley in Urdu

ہینلی, ہینلے
More languagesFewer languages
henley in Bengali
হেনলি, হেনেলি
henley in Telugu
హెన్లీ, హెన్లే
henley in Malayalam
ഹെൻലി, ഹെൻലിയെ
henley in Kannada
ಹೆನ್ಲಿ, ಹೆನ್ಲೀ, ಹೆನ್ಲೆ
henley in Punjabi
ਹੈਨਲੀ, ਹੇਨਲੀ, ਹੈਨਲੇ
henley in Gujarati
હેનલી, હેન્લી
henley in Odia
ହେନଲି, ହେନ୍ଲି, ହେନ୍ଲେ
henley in Nepali
हेनली, हेन्ली, हेनले

Forms of henley

Noun
pluralhenleys
pluralHenleys
Proper noun
pluralHenleys

Plural of henley: henleys

Origin of henley

From the town of Henley(-on-Thames) in England, where the rowers wore shirts of this type.

From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.

Words formed from henley

Questions about henley

What does henley mean?
Henley means a type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar.
What is henley in Hindi?
Henley in Hindi is हेनली, हेनले, हेन्ली. See Henley meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is henley?
Henley can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of henley?
The plural of henley is henleys.

Words near henley in the dictionary

  1. Henle loop
  2. Henle loops
  3. Henle's loop
  4. Henleaze
  5. henless
  6. henley
  7. Henley Cay
  8. Henley-in-Arden
  9. Henley-on-Thames
  10. henleys
  11. henlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: henley (page history and authors); Henley (page history and authors); henley (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); henley (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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