Complex sentence: The term wife-beater is commonly used to refer to the tank tops worn by males but in rural American vernacular has the particular meaning of a t-shirt which has had the sleeves cut off, often roughly, as if with garden shears.
Split into simpler sentences: The term wife-beater is commonly used to refer to the tank tops worn by males. However, in rural American vernaculars, it has the particular meaning of a t-shirt which has had the sleeves cut off, often roughly, as if with garden shears.