kirtle

Etymology
From, from , cognate with 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from , supposedly a diminutive of , from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A knee-length tunic.
 * 2) A short jacket.
 * 3) A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
 * 1) A short jacket.
 * 2) A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
 * 1) A short jacket.
 * 2) A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
 * 1) A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
 * 1) A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.

Derived terms

 * half-kirtle

Translations

 * Danish: kjortel
 * German:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Middle English: kirtel
 * Old English: cyrtel
 * Old Norse: kyrtill

Verb

 * 1)  To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.