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Webster 1913 Edition


Kirtle

Kir′tle

,
Noun.
[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 both by men and women.
Wearing her Norman car, and her
kirtle
of blue.
Longfellow.
☞ The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of “an outer petticoat.”
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Kirtle

KIR'TLE

,
Noun.
ker'tl.
1.
An upper garment; a gown; a petticoat; a short jacket; a mantle.
2.
A quantity of flax, about a hundred pounds.
[I know not that this word is used in America.]

Definition 2024


kirtle

kirtle

English

Noun

kirtle (plural kirtles)

  1. A knee-length tunic.

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