Skirt (?), n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skort a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]
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.
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
[Obs.]
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.
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
"Here in the
skirts of the forest."
Shak.
4.
A petticoat.
5.
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
Dunglison.
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Skirt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.]
1.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold.
Milton.
2.
To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
"When sundown
skirts the moor."
Tennyson.
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Skirt, v. t.
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers.
S. S. Smith.
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