Kirtle Definition

kûrtl
noun
A man's tunic or coat.
Webster's New World
A woman's dress or skirt.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Kirtle

Noun

Singular:
kirtle
Plural:
kirtles

Origin of Kirtle

  • Middle English kirtel from Old English cyrtel probably ultimately from Latin curtus short sker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (whence Danish kjortel and Icelandic kyrtill). Compare German Kittel.

    From Wiktionary

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