| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| kirtle |
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| SYLLABICATION: | kir·tle |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kûr tl |
| NOUN: | Archaic 1. A man's knee-length tunic or coat. 2. A woman's dress or skirt. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, probably ultimately from Latin curtus, short. See sker-1 in Appendix I.
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