pull-on

[ noun pool-on, -awn; adjective pool-on, -awn ]

noun

1. an item of apparel that is pulled on, as a sweater or glove.

adjective

1. designed to be put on by being pulled on:

   a pull-on jersey.

pull on

verb

1. tr, adverb to don (clothing)

Word History and Origins

Origin of pull-on¹

First recorded in 1915–20; noun, adj. use of verb phrase pull on

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