Kirtle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkəːt(ə)l/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kirtle is a noun meaning A knee-length tunic.
Meaning
A knee-length tunic.
More Meanings
- A short jacket.
- A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
- (transitive) To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.
Example Sentences
KIRTLE, […] a Sort of ſhort Jacket.
A man's jacket was also called a kirtle.
Many of the church dignitaries are distinguishable by peculiarities of dress, as the shovel hat and kirtle.
Janet tied her kirtle green, / Above her knee and not below / And she's gone to Carterhaugh / just as fast as she can go
Word Forms
- kirtles
- kirtling
- kirtled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include half-kirtle, tunic, talar, tunicle, knee, chitoniskos.
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