Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for KIR'TLE
KIR'TLE, n. [ker'tl; Sax. cyrtel; Sw. kiortel.]
- An upper garment; a gown; a petticoat; a short jacket; a mantle. – Johnson. Encyc.
- A quantity of flax, about a hundred pounds. – Encyc. [I know not that this word used in America.]
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