Henley

[hen-lee]

a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.

Origin of Henley

after a style traditionally worn by rowers at Henley-on-Thames

Also called Henley shirt, henley shirt.

[hen-lee]

Beth (Becker),born 1952, U.S. playwright.

William Ernest,1849–1903, English poet, critic, and editor.

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At Henley, the other vaporium, the crew lying around on settees and filling the room with fog brought back Dutch flashbacks.
This Is Your E-Cigarette on Drugs
Daniel Genis
July 28, 2014
Henley, another vaping boite a bit further downtown, is even hipper.
This Is Your E-Cigarette on Drugs
Daniel Genis
July 28, 2014
Eisenberg and Denholtz reiterated many times that with Henley, they are "starting a culture."
New York’s Nanny-State E-Cig Ban
Olivia Nuzzi
December 20, 2013
The city council's decision to ban the public use of e-cigarettes is highly unlikely to negatively impact Henley.
New York’s Nanny-State E-Cig Ban
Olivia Nuzzi
December 20, 2013
Now being one of the few safe places left to vape, Henley may even get more customers.
New York’s Nanny-State E-Cig Ban
Olivia Nuzzi
December 20, 2013

There was always a wild flood and storm of talk wherever Henley might be.
Nights
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Henley was not the sort of man to shirk a fight in the open.
Nights
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
The force Henley used with such success was simply his talk.
Nights
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
The enthusiast, with his cuff an impatient blank, never hung about Henley.
Nights
Elizabeth Robins Pennell
As if any of Henley's Young Men under any circumstances ever did anything else.
Nights
Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Word Origin and History for henley

town on the Thames in Oxfordshire, site of annual regatta since 1839. The name is Old English hean-leage "(settlement) at or by the high wood."