skirt 
skirt (skʉrt)
noun
- that part of a dress, coat, robe, etc. that hangs below the waist
- a woman's garment of varying length that hangs down from the waist
- something like a skirt, as a flap hanging from the side of a saddle or one covering the legs of a sofa, chair, etc.
- the outer or bordering parts; outskirts, as of a city
- Slang a girl or woman: sometimes considered mildly offensive
Etymology: ME < ON skyrt, shirt, kirtle, akin to OE scyrte, shirt
transitive verb
- to lie along or form the border or edge of
- to move along the edge of or pass around rather than through
- to miss narrowly
- to avoid (something controversial, difficult, etc.)
- to border or edge with something
intransitive verb
to be on, or move along, the edge or border a path skirting along the pond
skirt
n.
Object
- board: Fill any gaps in skirting boards with silicon sealant.
- trouser: Shapes are simple and cut to flatter and include sailor trousers and skirts, yoga trousers and ribbed cotton jumpers and cardigans.
- edge: En route it skirts the northern edge of the attractive village of West Linton.
Converse of object
- pleat: Williams made her Open debut Monday night in a short, pleated denim skirt.
- flare: Wide flared a-line skirt with pale buttons to fasten all the way down the front.
- wear: Bobby had said I looked cool wearing a skirt over my trousers, which made me feel good.
- tier: This was worn with a clashing tiered mixed-up print skirt.
Adjective modifier
- knee-length: First of all, she wore a knee-length skirt.
- kilted: Jeremy, many were quick to reveal, was not wearing the kilt ~ it was a lady's kilted skirt.
- mini: Jacket, shirt, tie, dress, mini skirt, trainers, shorts, t-shirt, whatever.
- wraparound: Try to see the Changing of the Guard; the guardsmen sport a fetching red uniform and wraparound skirt.
- 70's: Slinky fabric, almost £ 25.00 Autumn flowers 70's floral print a-line skirt A-line 70's polyester skirt with gorgeous floral print.
- detachable: Women's GTX Rush Jacket 2 Layer GORE-TEX® winter jacket, with a detachable snow skirt making it ideal for winter sports.
Modifies a noun
- hem: Dress measures approx 22 inches / 56 cm around the waist and approx 19 inches / 48 cm from shoulder to skirt hem.
Noun used with modifier
- a-line: Wide flared a-line skirt with pale buttons to fasten all the way down the front.
- denim: Brandy tears a slit up the side of her denim skirt in a vain attempt to look more seductive.
- tweed: Dublin wasn't rubbish 7 years ago when I was there, I saw a lovely tweed skirt and they had great make up.
- tartan: Kate always used to wear a long tartan skirt that her father had given her before he went to join the army.
- pencil: Indisputably chic suits, dresses and pencil skirts are matched by a range of bags and accessories.
- silicone: The soft clear silicone skirt is extremely comfortable and molds to the diver's face.
It is at thesetimesthat you realisethe blessings of a good thick skirt Save for a good many bruises, here I was with the fulness of my skirt tucked under me, sitting on nine ebony spikes some twelve inches long, in comparative comfort.
It's my manifest destiny to wear a skirt in all countries.
Los servidores acumulan los privilegios de la miseriaconservan los instrumentos de la venganza porque van acumulando en sus manos a¤ speras y verrugosas esa otra mitad de sus patrones, la mitad in u¤ til, descartada, lo sucio y lo feo que ellosles han ido entregando con el insulto de cada enagua gastada que les regalan. Servants accumulate the privileges of misery They save up the instruments of vengeance because their coarse warty hands collect, bit by bit, that other side of their employersöthe useless, discarded side, the filth and the sordidness thatthey've been putting into their servants' hands with the insult of each shabby skirt they gave them.
When a man says he likes a woman in a skirt, I tell him to try one.
So fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make little pleats and furbelows, by trinkets, by clothes easy to copy, or by the shortening or lengthening of a skirt.
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