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henley¹

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.

Henley²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Henleys

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

noun 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thames, arden, polo-neck, camp shirt, polo shirt, button-down, shirtdress, button-up, shirsey, crew neck, shirt-button, singlet, cardigan, tennis shirt, rollneck, jac-shirt

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@misc{henley_2026,
  title = {henley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/henley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}