Synonyms for kirtle

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kur-tl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɜr tl

Définition of kirtle

Origin : "a man's tunic; a woman's skirt," Old English cyrtel, related to Old Norse kyrtill "tunic;" both regarded as probably from Latin curtus "short" (see curt) + diminutive suffix -el.

As in tunic : noun long shirt

Example sentences :

She put her hand to her kirtle and gripped the knife at her side.
Extract from : « Eric Brighteyes » by H. Rider Haggard

The kirtle or petticoat is in reality a development of the tunic.
Extract from : « Chats on Costume » by G. Woolliscroft Rhead

When the corslet was unclasped, the arrow had only to be pulled out of the belt and kirtle.
Extract from : « The World of Homer » by Andrew Lang

And I am weary withal, and this kirtle is light and easy to me.
Extract from : « The Roots of the Mountains » by William Morris

He sheareth a deal from his kirtle meet, To make her sandals for her feet.
Extract from : « Poems by the Way » by William Morris

A kirtle is a gown; Skeat suggests that it is a diminutive of skirt.
Extract from : « Milton's Comus » by John Milton

That evening when they parted he knelt at her feet and kissed the hem of her kirtle.
Extract from : « The Nest of the Sparrowhawk » by Baroness Orczy

Having kissed the hem of her kirtle he turned towards the house.
Extract from : « The Nest of the Sparrowhawk » by Baroness Orczy

She was richly dressed in a kirtle of vermeil silk, broidered with gold, and her mantle was worth the spoil of a king's castle.
Extract from : « French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France » by Marie de France

She leaped out without a moment's thought among the rushes, with her kirtle girt up close above her knees.
Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida

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