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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages;

2. a long dress worn by women;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Kirtle \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. [1913 Webster] Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Note: The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of "an outer petticoat." --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kirtle n 1: a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages 2: a long dress worn by women