Definition of skirt

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Skirt (n.) A petticoat.

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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..
Polonaise :: Polonaise (n.) An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece..
Overskirt :: Overskirt (n.) An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt..
Base :: Base (n.) A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower..
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..
Skirt :: Skirt (v. t.) To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals..
Princesse :: Princesse (a.) A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one..
Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..
Lap :: Lap (n.) The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Underskirt :: Underskirt (n.) A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
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..
Outskirt :: Outskirt (n.) A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament..
Dress Coat :: Dress coat () A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat..
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..
Foreskirt :: Foreskirt (n.) The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train..
Soutane :: Soutane (n.) A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock..
Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair..
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