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kirtle

noun as in tunic

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It wasn't just her ivory-white breastplate or silvery kirtle—she glowed softly from within, radiating a warm, comforting light that elevated her physical perfection to something on a higher plane.

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Clad in a cloud-gray kirtle and a hood as blue as the sky.

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"How much did your mother tell you to take for the goat?" asked the woman in the scarlet kirtle.

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I pulled out kirtles, caps, and bodices, the gilded prayer book and a cracked looking glass Gertrude had given me.

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“No matter. They will horse Bore again in a minute. Here he is, coming to the Queen. Oh, look! He has brought her a kirtle and a gown.”

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