[skəːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a garment that fastens around the waist and hangs down around the legs, worn especially by women and girls
(e.g: I was wearing a knit sweater with a long skirt)

- a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft

- an animal's diaphragm and other membranes as food
(e.g: bits of beef skirt)

- women collectively regarded as objects of sexual desire

- a small flap on a saddle, covering the bar from which the stirrup leather hangs


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th century

[skəːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- go round or past the edge of
(e.g: he did not go through the city but skirted it)

- attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with
(e.g: they are both skirting the issue)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th century