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KIRTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kirtle mean?
• KIRTLE (noun)
The noun KIRTLE has 2 senses:
1. a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
2. a long dress worn by women
Familiarity information: KIRTLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("kirtle" is a kind of...):
tunic (any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A long dress worn by women
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("kirtle" is a kind of...):
dress; frock (a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice)
Context examples
Wrong! why he hath stolen every plack of clothing off my back, if that be a wrong, and hath left me here in this sorry frock of white falding, so that I have shame to go back to my wife, lest she think that I have donned her old kirtle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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