kilt

Definitions


[kɪlt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a garment resembling a knee-length skirt of pleated tartan cloth, traditionally worn by men as part of Scottish Highland dress and now also worn by women and girls


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘tuck up around the body’): of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish kilte (op) ‘tuck (up)’ and Old Norse kilting ‘a skirt’. The noun dates from the mid 18th century


[kɪlt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- gather (a garment or material) in vertical pleats

- tuck up one's skirts around one's body


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘tuck up around the body’): of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish kilte (op) ‘tuck (up)’ and Old Norse kilting ‘a skirt’. The noun dates from the mid 18th century




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