Definition of "hunting-shirt" [hunting-shirt]

• A blouse or shirt worn by trappers and hunters, originally made of deerskin and highly ornamented. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""Well, sir, I reckon I may venture," said a hard-featured backwoodsman in a green hunting-shirt, whose pistols, if not quite so good as those wagered, were at any rate the next best."
• "The natives, therefore, for intrudin 'upon their sile, tuk him prisoner, stripped him of his hunting-shirt and other clothing, tarred and feathered him, and rid him on a rail!"
• "He was clad for the moment in the dress of the riflemen, a full suit of buckskin, leggings, hunting-shirt, and all, while carelessly thrown across one arm was his rifle, and in his belt was sheathed the long hunting-knife."