sark

Plural: sarks

Noun

A shirt or smock.

Verb

To cover with sarking, or thin boards.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English serk, sark, serke, from Old English serċ, sierċ m; and serċe, sierċe f (“sark, shirt, shift, smock, tunic, corselet, coat of mail”), from Proto-West Germanic *sarki, from Proto-Germanic *sarkiz (“shirt, armour, hauberk”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerg-, *swerk- (“clothes worn outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to arrange, tack, tie, unite”).
Cognate with Scots sark, serk (“shirt, shift”), North Frisian serk (“shirt”), Danish særk (“gown, shirt”), Swedish särk (“shirt, chemise”), Icelandic serkur (“nightshirt”).

Scrabble Score: 8

sark is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sark is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sark is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

sark is a valid Words With Friends word