kirtle
Example Sentences
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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
“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
"How much did your mother tell you to take for the goat?" asked the woman in the scarlet kirtle.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
The lady in the scarlet kirtle stood up then and placed the bowl which had contained her portion of hare into the fire.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
