kyrtil

Updated: July 14, 2025

And there was, too, this account of a housewife in her "kyrtil": The dress-train was trailing, The skirt had a blue tint; Her brow was brighter, Her neck was whiter Than pure new fallen snow. In other words, that one glance at Nancy in the garden, when he had risen at her entrance, had disclosed to Olaf the fundamental in her. He had known her as a sea-maiden.

Temple Bailey - The Gay Cockade