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