kilt
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kilt/kɪlt/
▶noun a knee-length skirt of pleated tartan cloth, traditionally worn by men as part of Scottish Highland dress. ▶verb
- 1 arrange (a garment or material) in vertical pleats.
- 2 (kilt something up) hoist or tuck up one's skirt or coat.
– derivatives
kilted adjective.
kilted adjective.
– origin ME (as v. in the sense ‘tuck up around the body’): of Scand. origin.
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