different between mantua vs kirtle

English

Etymology

From French manteau, perhaps by confusion with Mantua in Italy.

Noun

mantua (plural mantuas)

1. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
2. (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
   • 1882, S. William Beck, The Draper's Dictionary

     Anderson mentions black and coloured mantuas amongst other silks introduced here by the French immigrants of 1685. […] Mantuas are also included in a list of silks advertised for sale in the British Chronicle of 1763 […]

3. (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
4. (obsolete) A woman's gown.

Anagrams

• tamanu

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