kirtle
kir·tle
kirtle · kirtles
Kittel, Tunika, Rock
A knee-length tunicA knee-length tunic.
UK/ˈkəːt(ə)l/US/ˈkɚt(ə)l/
Meaning
3 sensesA knee-length tunic.
Kittel, Tunika, Rock
A short jacket.
A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
More definitions
- a long dress worn by women
- a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
Translations
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By meaning 1
knee-length tunic:
Origin
From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tuniFrom Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel.
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