- Look up
kirtle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
kirtle (sometimes
called cotte, cotehardie) is a
garment that was worn by men and
women in the European...
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Kirtling,
together with
Kirtling Green and
Kirtling Towers, is a
scattered settlement in the south-eastern edge of the
English county of Cambridgeshire...
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Kirtling Tower was a
medieval castle and
Tudor country house in
Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England, of
which the
gatehouse still remains. The
first do****entary...
- The Lady of the
Green Kirtle, also
called Queen of
Underland and
Queen of the Deep Realm, is the main
antagonist in The
Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis. She...
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Dudley North, 4th
Baron North, KB (1602 – 24 June 1677) of
Kirtling Tower,
Cambridgeshire was an
English politician, who sat in the
House of
Commons at...
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spent most of his time at
Kirtling in retirement. He died at the
Charterhouse on 31
December 1564, and was
buried at
Kirtling,
beside his
first wife, in...
- over a
kirtle or
petticoat (or both, for warmth).
Prior to 1545, the
kirtle consisted of a ****ed one-piece garment.
After that date,
either kirtles or petticoats...
- 15th
century consisted of a long gown,
usually with sleeves, worn over a
kirtle or undergown, with a
linen chemise or
smock worn next to the skin. The sleeves...
- 16th
century consisted of a long gown,
usually with sleeves, worn over a
kirtle or undergown, with a
linen chemise or
smock worn next to the skin. The high-waisted...
- the long
loose over-garment of
previous centuries (whether
called tunic,
kirtle, or
other names) altogether,
putting the
emphasis on a
tailored top that...
