About The Word Kirtle
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Kirtle
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What's The Definition Of Kirtle?
[n] a long dress worn by women
[n] a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages Synonyms | Synonyms for Kirtle: Related Terms | Find terms related to Kirtle: See Also | dress | frock | tunic Kirtle In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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