Definitions for: Kirtle


[n] a long dress worn by women
[n] a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages



Webster (1913) Definition: Kir"tle, n. [OE. kirtel, curtel, AS. cyrtel; skin to
Icel. kyrtill, Sw. kjortel, Dan. kiortel, kiole.]
A garment varying in form and use at different times, and
worn doth by men and women.

Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue.
--Longfellow.

Note: The term is still retained in the provinces, in the
sense of `` an outer petticoat.'' --Halliwell.

See Also: dress, frock, tunic

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