kirtle

== English == === Etymology === From 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəːt(ə)l/, /ˈkɜː(ɹ)-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɚt(ə)l/, /-ɾ(ə)l/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təl Hyphenation: kir‧tle === Noun === kirtle (plural kirtles) A knee-length tunic. A short jacket. A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt. ==== Derived terms ==== half-kirtle ==== Translations ==== === Verb === kirtle (third-person singular simple present kirtles, present participle kirtling, simple past and past participle kirtled) (transitive) To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle. === Further reading === kirtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === kilter