Skirt

Definition of Skirt

n.	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. 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
	4.	A petticoat.
	5.	The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
v. t.	1.	To cover with a skirt; to surround. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.] 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.
	1.	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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