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KIRTLE
kirtle
(noun) a long dress worn by women
kirtle
(noun) a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kirtle (plural kirtles)
A knee-length tunic.
A short jacket.
A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
Verb
kirtle (third-person singular simple present kirtles, present participle kirtling, simple past and past participle kirtled)
(transitive) To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.
(intransitive) Clothed or covered with, or as if with, a kirtle.
Anagrams
• kilter
Source: Wiktionary
Kir"tle, n. Etym: [OE. kirtel, curtel, AS. cyrtel; skin to Icel. kyrtill, Sw. kjortel, Dan. kiortel, kiole.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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