Definition of skirt

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Skirt (n.) 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..

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Skirting :: Skirting (n.) Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts..
Overskirt :: Overskirt (n.) An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped..
Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..
Mopboard :: Mopboard (n.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.
Foreskirt :: Foreskirt (n.) The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train..
Quilt :: Quilt (n.) Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover..
Skirt :: Skirt (v. t.) To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees..
Cotillion :: Cotillion (n.) A kind of woolen material for women's skirts.
Bustle :: Bustle (n.) A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure..
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals..
Wigan :: Wigan (n.) A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England..
Skirting :: Skirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skir.
Hip :: Hip (n.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions..
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) A petticoat.
Jacket :: "Jacket (n.) A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts..
Farthingale :: Farthingale (n.) A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat..
Princesse :: Princesse (a.) A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one..
Skirting :: Skirting (n.) A skirting board.
Long-waisted :: Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat..
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anythin.
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