[f. KIRTLE sb.1] trans. To cover or envelop as with a kirtle.

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1888.  A. S. Wilson, Lyric of Hopeless Love, lxviii. Dreams Kirtle thee in robes too fair For jealous Dawn to see thee wear.

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1896.  J. Lumsden, Poems, 198. Corn fields … Kyrtle This God’s acre like a queen.

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