Found 2 items, similar to kirtle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: kirtle
kirtle
n 1: a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the
Middle Ages
2: a long dress worn by women
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Kirtle
Kirtle
\Kir"tle\, n. [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.
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Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue.
--Longfellow.
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Note: The term is still retained in the provinces, in the
sense of
“an outer petticoat.” --Halliwell.
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