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kirtle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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