Definition of "shirt-front" [shirt-front]

• That part of a shirt which is allowed to show more or less in front; the part which covers the breast, and is often composed of finer material or ornamented in some way, as by ruffles or lace, or by being plaited, or simply starched stiffly. Ornamental buttons, or studs, or breastpins are often worn in connection with it. (noun)
• A dicky. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "His shirt-front was covered with drool and his jeans—the kind that snapped between the legs—had spots of saliva on them also."
• "My neighbor laughed, but his laughter only irritated me still more against him, and my eyes went to Yeats, who sat, his head drooping on his shirt-front, like a crane, uncertain whether he should fold himself up for the night, and I wondered what was the beautiful eloquence that was germinating in his mind."
• "His shirt-front and cuffs were white frosting, and the buttons on his coat were licorice drops."