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Kirtle

noun

A garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages.

A long dress worn by women.

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"Kirtle" Quotes from Famous Books

... happy Lycius!—for she was a maid More beautiful than ever twisted braid, Or sigh'd, or blush'd, or on spring-flowered lea Spread a green kirtle to the minstrelsy: A virgin purest lipp'd, yet in the lore Of love deep learned to the red heart's core: Not one hour old, yet of sciential brain To unperplex bliss from its neighbour pain; Define their pettish limits, and estrange Their points of contact, and swift counterchange; Intrigue ...

— Lamia • John Keats

... a magnificent function in the time of Henry VII., as we learn by Le Neve's Royalle Book. "As for Twelfth Day, the King must go crowned, in his royal robes, kirtle, surtout, his furred hood about his neck, his mantle with a long train, and his cutlas before him; his armills upon his arms, of gold set full of rich stones; and no temporal man to touch it but the King ...

— A Righte Merrie Christmasse - The Story of Christ-Tide • John Ashton

... lace to be thus hidden away," commented an elderly harridan. "Now, would you believe it, my fine madam, but my legs are bare underneath my kirtle?" ...

— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Words linked to "Kirtle" : frock, dress, tunic