SKIRT

SKIRT. → See

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skirt. Skirt, n. a border, edge, extremity; v.t. to border

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Skirt (?), n. [[OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skört a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]] 1. 1. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
2. 2. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece. Addison. 3. 3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything “Here in the skirts of the forest.” Shak.
4. 4. A petticoat.
5. 5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. Dunglison.