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kilt definition

kilt (kilt)

transitive verb

  1. Scot. to tuck up (a skirt, etc.)
  2. to pleat
  3. to provide a kilt for

Etymology: ME (northern) kilten, prob. < Scand, as in ON kilting, a skirt, kjalta, lap

noun

a pleated skirt reaching to the knees; esp., the tartan skirt worn sometimes by men of the Scottish Highlands

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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