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kirtle
[ kur-tl ]
/ ˈkɜr tl /
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noun
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
Obsolete. a man's tunic.
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Origin of kirtle
before 900; Middle English kirtel,Old English cyrtel, apparently equivalent to cyrt(an) to shorten (≪ Latin curtus shortened) + -el-le
OTHER WORDS FROM kirtle
kirtled, adjectiveWords nearby kirtle
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British Dictionary definitions for kirtle
kirtle
/ (ˈkɜːtəl) /
noun archaic
a woman's skirt or dress
a man's coat
Word Origin for kirtle
Old English cyrtel, probably from cyrtan to shorten, ultimately from Latin curtus cut short
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