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
Other Word Forms
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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“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
Dressed in a brown, grease-spotted kirtle, she had a lopsided white linen cap upon her dark and gray-streaked tresses.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
"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
The lady in the scarlet kirtle dropped her wooden bowl onto the ground.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
"Here we go," she said, holding up a scarlet kirtle.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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