Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kirtle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 doth by men and women.
Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue.
--Longfellow.
Note: The term is still retained in the provinces, in the
sense of `` an outer petticoat.'' --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kirtle
n 1: a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the
Middle Ages
2: a long dress worn by women
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