a. Dressed with garlands of flowers. [ Poetic & Rare ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. kirtel, curtel, AS. cyrtel; skin to Icel. kyrtill, Sw. kjortel, Dan. kiortel, kiole. ] A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn both by men and women. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of “an outer petticoat.” Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wearing a kirtle. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]