kirtle
Americannoun
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a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
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Obsolete. a man's tunic.
noun
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a woman's skirt or dress
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a man's coat
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Etymology
Origin of kirtle
before 900; Middle English kirtel, Old English cyrtel, apparently equivalent to cyrt ( an ) to shorten (≪ Latin curtus shortened) + -el -le
Example Sentences
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"How much did your mother tell you to take for the goat?" asked the woman in the scarlet kirtle.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
The harridan screwed her eyes to slits and looked the lady in the red kirtle up and down.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
“No matter. They will horse Bore again in a minute. Here he is, coming to the Queen. Oh, look! He has brought her a kirtle and a gown.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
"When you knew me last," said the woman in the scarlet kirtle, "I ruled with my sisters in Carnadine, before it was lost."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
"I was going to be eating with fingers on a plate of fresh leaves," she said, handing a bowl to the lady in the scarlet kirtle.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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