different between kirtle vs kirtled

English

Etymology

From Middle English kirtel, from Old English cyrtel, cognate with Old Norse kyrtill (“tunic”) (whence Icelandic kyrtill, Danish kjortel (“gown, tunic”), Swedish kjortel (“petticoat, skirt”)), from Old Norse *kurtil-, supposedly a diminutive of *kurt-, from Latin curtus (“short, shortened”). Compare German Kittel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t(?)l/, /?k??(?)-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t(?)l/, /-?(?)l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t?l
• Hyphenation: kir?tle

Noun

kirtle (plural kirtles)

1. A knee-length tunic.
2. A short jacket.
3. A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.

Translations

Verb

kirtle (third-person singular simple present kirtles, present participle kirtling, simple past and past participle kirtled)

1. (transitive) To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.
2. (intransitive) Clothed or covered with, or as if with, a kirtle.

Further reading

• kirtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• kilter

English

Etymology

kirtle +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t(?)ld/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t(?)ld/, /-?(?)ld/
• Hyphenation: kir?tled

Adjective

kirtled (not comparable)

1. Wearing a kirtle.

Verb

kirtled

1. simple past tense and past participle of kirtle.