kilt
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.
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to provide (a skirt) with kilt pleats.
noun
verb
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to tuck (a skirt) up around one's body
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to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc)
Other Word Forms
- kilted adjective
- kiltlike adjective
Etymology
Origin of kilt
1300–50; Middle English kylte, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish kilte to tuck up
Example Sentences
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Just a few feet away, “The Pitt” star Patrick Ball made a similarly bold fashion choice, posing for photos in a black kilt.
From Los Angeles Times
In 1998 the team, managed by the late Craig Brown, wore kilts ahead of the opening match of tournament against Brazil in Paris.
From BBC
"There was Stewart tartan everywhere, the waistcoats, kilts and the dresses."
From BBC
This strange customer, known as the Scot, wears a kilt and carries a chrome-plated pistol.
The markets already are calling the potential Scottish bonds “kilts,” a play on the word used for British bonds, named “gilts” after the gilded borders on old bond certificates.
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