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# kirtle

«kirtle» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long dress or tunic worn in old times, by women and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (kirtles) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

A long dress or tunic worn in old times, by women and sometimes men. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kirtle/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, the clothes the girls take off and leave behind when they are surprised

### examples

- The girls left their kirtles by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kirtle/#x1)
- She wore a green kirtle to the feast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kirtle/#x2)
- He pulled on his kirtle and ran out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kirtle/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kirtle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kirtle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.