• Kirtle

    Origin

    Cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (whence Danish kjortel and Icelandic kyrtill). Compare German Kittel.

    Full definition of kirtle

    Noun

    kirtle

    (plural kirtles)
    1. A knee-length tunic.
      • 1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “”:Her eyes were large, and full of light,Her arms and neck were bare;No garment she wore save a kirtle bright,And her own long, raven hair.

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