kirtle

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And I wil make thee beds of Roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers and a Kirtle, Imbroidered all with leaves of Mirtle.

From The Complete Angler 1653 by Walton, Izaak

"Secondly, then, Suppose you were standin' oot i' the cauld, on the tap o' Cairnhattie, whether wad ye cry on Peggie Kirtle or Nell o' Killimingie to come wi' your plaid?"

From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert

A rustling sound among the trees roused her; she lifted her head, and fixed her eyes on a part of the wood on the other side of the Kirtle.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

But she would defeat him; she would renounce her walks in the woods, desert, for a time, her bowers, and bid adieu to her silver Kirtle.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

Kirtle, kėr′tl, n. a sort of gown or outer petticoat: a mantle.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various