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4th March 05, 01:44 PM
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Defining a kilt
Decided to check some dictionary sources for 'kilt', here's what I found:
Dictionary.com - 1. A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands.
2. A similar skirt worn by women, girls, and boys.
tr.v. kilt·ed, kilt·ing, kilts
To tuck up (something) around the body.
Merriam-Webster - Function: noun
1 : a knee-length pleated skirt usually of tartan worn by men in Scotland and by Scottish regiments in the British armies
2 : a garment that resembles a Scottish kilt
Merriam-Webster - Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kjalta lap, fold of a gathered skirt
transitive senses
1 chiefly dialect : to tuck up (as a skirt)
2 : to equip with a kilt
intransitive senses : to move nimbly
Bartleby - NOUN: 1. A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands. 2. A similar skirt worn by women, girls, and boys.
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: kilt·ed, kilt·ing, kilts
To tuck up (something) around the body.
ETYMOLOGY: From kilt, to tuck up, from Middle English kilten, of Scandinavian origin.
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