Definition of "kirtle" in English

noun

1. A knee-length tunic.

2. A short jacket.

3. A woman's gown; a woman's outer petticoat or skirt.

   • Janet tied her kirtle green, / Above her knee and not below / And she's gone to Carterhaugh / just as fast as she can go

verb

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.