OK Chef I checked back and checked my kilt.

It's a misunderstanding of the phrase "cut out."

No doubt one of those transatlantic expressions that are not clear in meaning.

I read it as "cut out" to mean cut into shape and manifestly present, you meant "cut out" as meaning cease or desist. If you had asked if the pleating ceased in that area or not you would have got a clearer answer.

It's not an area that I normally examine in detail and indeed many of my kilts have the lining sewn in so they couldn't be checked without being unpicked.

Hope this clears up the apparent difficulty with my review.

Enjoy your kilt and welcome to the IOS owners club!