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noun
1.
a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
2.
Obsolete. a man's tunic.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English kirtel, Old English cyrtel, apparently equivalent to cyrt(an) to shorten (≪ Latin curtus shortened) + -el -le
before 900; Middle English kirtel, Old English cyrtel, apparently equivalent to cyrt(an) to shorten (≪ Latin curtus shortened) + -el -le
Related forms
kir·tled, adjective
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Kirtle
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Word Origin & History
kirtle
"a man's tunic; a woman's skirt," O.E. cyrtel, related to O.N. kyrtill "tunic," probably both from L. curtus "short" + dim. suffix -el.
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