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A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.

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  1. n. A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.
  2. n. a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
  3. n. a long dress worn by women
  4. A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women. Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. Longfellow. Note: The term is still retained in the provinces, in the sense of " an outer petticoat." Halliwell.
  5. A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worndoth by men and women.Wearing her Norman car, and her kirtle of blue. Longfellow.
  6. n:100 n. a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages n. a long dress worn by women