Kirtle
Origin
Cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (whence Danish kjortel and Icelandic kyrtill). Compare German Kittel.
Full definition of kirtle
Noun
kirtle
(plural kirtles)- A knee-length tunic.
- 1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “â€: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.