Kir″tle (?), n. [OE. kirtel, curtel, AS. cyrtel; skin to Icel. kyrtill, Sw. kjortel, Dan. kiortel, kiole.] A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn both by men and women.
Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. Longfellow.
☞ The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of “ an outer petticoat.” Halliwell.