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Definition of Kirtles
1. kirtle [n] - See also: kirtle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kirtles
| kirris kirs kirsch kirsches kirschsteinite kirschsteinites kirsome kirtan kirtankar kirtankars | kirtans kirtle kirtled kirtles (current term) kirumbo kis kisan kisans kish kishes | kishka kishkas kishke kishkes kisir kismat |
Literary usage of Kirtles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1898)
"Ah, those kirtles, those kirtles! I'll give you a word of wisdom, sir, you never
learned in Glasgow Hie Street nor in the army." I looked helplessly after ..."
2. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-tales by Robert Nisbet Bain (1902)
"And she said : " I will; but before I go to thy son, give me at once a score of
chemises, and a score of linen kirtles, and a score of woollen kirtles, ..."
3. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII by Great Britain Public Record Office, John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, James Gairdner (1864)
"For half kirtles for 2 ladies, 7 yds. For half upper garments of strange device for
... 2 half kirtles and 2 halt' garments upper parts, for ladies, 19 yds. ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"... having a general resemblance to the earliest patterns of vases at Cyprus and
Mycenae. One of these kirtles is ornamented with the ..."
5. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1868)
"'s surviving widow, Anne of Cleves : they were dressed in robes and kirtles of
cloth of silver, with large hanging sleeves. This car was followed by Sir ..."
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