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

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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

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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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