kirtle

kirtle
kirtled, adj.
/kerr"tl/, n.
1. a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
2. Obs. a man's tunic.
[bef. 900; ME kirtel, OE cyrtel, appar. equiv. to cyrt(an) to shorten ( L curtus shortened) + -el -LE]

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