kittel

noun

kit·​tel

ˈkitᵊl

plural kittel

: a white cotton or linen robe worn by Orthodox Jews on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur and at the Passover Seder and also used as a burial shroud

Word History

Etymology

Yiddish kitel, from Middle High German kitel, kietel cotton or hempen outer garment, probably from Arabic quṭn cotton

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