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Definition of Kirtle
1. Noun. A garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages.
2. Noun. A long dress worn by women.
Definition of Kirtle
1. n. A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn both by men and women.
Definition of Kirtle
1. Noun. A knee-length tunic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kirtle
1. a man's tunic or coat [n -S] : KIRTLED [adj]
Medical Definition of Kirtle
1. 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kirtle
| kirpans kirri kirris kirs kirsch kirsches kirschsteinite kirschsteinites kirsome kirtan | kirtankar kirtankars kirtans kirtle (current term) kirtled kirtles kirumbo kis kisan kisans | kish kishes kishka kishkas kishke kishkes |
Literary usage of Kirtle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Vers de Société Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1907)
"kirtle RED A DAMSEL fair, on a summer's day— •—Sing heigh, sing ho, for the summer!
Sat under a tree in a kirtle gray, Singing, "Somebody's late at tryst ..."
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