Kirtle definitions

Kirtle

1) Coronation gown 2) Tunic
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A kirtle (sometimes called cotte, cotehardie) is a garment worn by men and women in the Middle Ages or, later, a one-piece garment worn by women from the later Middle Ages into the Baroque period. The kirtle was typically worn over a chemise or smock which acted as a slip and under the formal outer garment or gown/surcoat. Kirtles were part of fas...
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kirtle

man's or woman's tunic or coat
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Kirtle

• (n.) A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.
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kirtle

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) ... The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of ' an outer petticoat.' ... Origin: OE. Kirtel, curtel, AS. Cyrtel; skin to Icel. Kyrtill, Sw. Kjortel, Dan. Kiortel, kiole. ... Source: ...
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Kirtle

Kir'tle noun [ Middle English kirtel , curtel , Anglo-Saxon cyrtel ; skin to Icelandic kyrtill , Swedish kjortel , Danish kiortel , kiole .] A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn both by men and women. « Wearing her Norm...
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Kirtle

A kirtle was a quantity of flax weighing about 100 lbs.
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Kirtle

A kirtle was a sort of upper garment, a gown, petticoat or short jacket.
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kirtle

[n] - a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages 2. [n] - a long dress worn by women
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