Kilt vs. Skirt
Difference Between Kilt and Skirt
Kiltnoun
A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands.
Skirtnoun
The part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down.
Kiltnoun
A similar skirt worn by women, girls, and boys.
Skirtnoun
A garment hanging from the waist and worn especially by women and girls.
Kiltverb
To tuck up (something) around the body.
Skirtnoun
One of the leather flaps hanging from the side of a saddle.
Kiltverb
To gather up (skirts) around the body.
Skirtnoun
The lower outer section of a rocket vehicle.
Kiltverb
nonstandard form of killed: kill.
Skirtnoun
A flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle.
Kiltnoun
A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
Skirtnoun
A piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection.
Kiltnoun
(historical) Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid
Skirtnoun
A spray skirt.
Kiltnoun
A plaid, pleated school uniform skirt sometimes structured as a wrap around, sometimes pleated throughout the entire circumference; also used as boys' wear in 19th century USA.
Skirtnoun
An outer edge; a border or margin
a base camp on the skirt of the mountain.Kiltnoun
A variety of non-bifurcated garments made for men and loosely resembling a Scottish kilt, but most often made from different fabrics and not always with tartan plaid designs.
Skirtnoun
Offensive Slang A woman.
Kiltnoun
a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men in the Highlands of northern Scotland
Skirtverb
To lie along or form the edge of; border
the creek that skirts our property.Skirtverb
To pass around rather than across or through
changed their course to skirt the storm.Skirtverb
To pass close to; miss narrowly
The bullet skirted an artery.Skirtverb
To evade, as by circumlocution
skirted the controversial issue.Skirtverb
To lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border.
Skirtnoun
An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
Skirtnoun
The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
Skirtnoun
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
Skirtnoun
A petticoat.
Skirtnoun
A woman.
Skirtnoun
Women collectively, in a sexual context.
Skirtnoun
Sexual intercourse with a woman.
Skirtnoun
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
Skirtnoun
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
Skirtverb
To be on or form the border of.
The plain was skirted by rows of trees.Skirtverb
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
Skirtverb
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirtverb
To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
He skirted the issue of which parties to attend by staying at home instead.Skirtnoun
cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
Skirtnoun
a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
Skirtnoun
informal terms for a (young) woman
Skirtverb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues);
He dodged the issueshe skirted the problemThey tend to evade their responsibilitieshe evaded the questions skillfullySkirtverb
pass around or about; move along the border;
The boat skirted the coastSkirtverb
form the edge of
Skirtverb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle;
The forest surrounds my property
