n. In former use, a garment of which the form and purpose varied at different times.n. A tunic or undergarment; a shirt.n. A close-fitting gown for women, which sometimes was called a long kirtle and had a train.n. A garment like a doublet for men.n. A cloak.n. A monk's gown. Coat and kirtle are mentioned together in the middle of the seventeenth century as forming a woman's costume: as, a tawny camlet coat and kirtle cost £10 17s. In this case kirtle is evidently the petticoat, or the garment worn under the coat. See half-kirtle, aud full kirtle, below.n. An outer petticoat.n. A coat or layer of plaster.To dispose in the manner of a kirtle.n. A quantity of flax, about 100 pounds.