kirtle

Example Sentences

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"When you knew me last," said the woman in the scarlet kirtle, "I ruled with my sisters in Carnadine, before it was lost."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

“No matter. They will horse Bore again in a minute. Here he is, coming to the Queen. Oh, look! He has brought her a kirtle and a gown.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Dressed in a brown, grease-spotted kirtle, she had a lopsided white linen cap upon her dark and gray-streaked tresses.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

"I was going to be eating with fingers on a plate of fresh leaves," she said, handing a bowl to the lady in the scarlet kirtle.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

"How much did your mother tell you to take for the goat?" asked the woman in the scarlet kirtle.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman