noun
Meaning 1
A knee-length tunic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
kirtle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkəːt(ə)l/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)-/
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General-American: /ˈkɚt(ə)l/
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General-American: /-ɾ(ə)l/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)təl
noun
Meaning 2
A short jacket.
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noun
Meaning 3
A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.
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verb
Meaning 4
To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
a long dress worn by women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dress, frock
noun
Meaning 6
a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tunic
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: kjortel — knee-length tunic
- German: Kittel — knee-length tunic
- German: Tunika — knee-length tunic
- German: Rock — knee-length tunic
- Icelandic: kyrtill — knee-length tunic
- Middle English: kirtel — knee-length tunic
- Old English: cyrtel — knee-length tunic
- Old Norse: kyrtill — knee-length tunic