kirtle

• Why, child, she should hardly say this kirtle were red, an' Dame Joan told her it were green. —  The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time
• On Twelfth Day the King was to go "crowned, in his royal robes, kirtle, and surcoat, his furred hood about his neck, and his ermines upon his arms, of gold set full of rich stones with balasses, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, and pearls." —  Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• What did the priest do when he reared the chalice 356-8] The kirtle was a dress-skirt or outer petticoat. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
• She was as white as her kirtle, and her gray eyes were dark like water before a storm. —  A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales
• She stood there like a figure cut in snow, for her kirtle was all of white sémé, and her hair was as a cloud fallen round about her. —  A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales

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