Definition of skirt

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Skirt (v. t.) To cover with a skirt; to surround.

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Waistband :: Waistband (n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like..
Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt..
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) A petticoat.
Polonaise :: Polonaise (n.) An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece..
Cheese :: Cheese (n.) A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
Table :: Table (v. t.) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the boltrope.
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) A loose edging to any part of a dress.
Skirt :: 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..
Flounce :: Flounce (n.) An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging..
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals..
Skirt :: Skirt (v. t.) To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity..
Overskirt :: Overskirt (n.) An upper skirt, shorter than the dress, and usually draped..
Mopboard :: Mopboard (n.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.
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..
Skirt :: Skirt (n.) Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anythin.
Skirting :: Skirting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skir.
Tournure :: Tournure (n.) Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
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..
Underskirt :: Underskirt (n.) A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.
Farthingale :: Farthingale (n.) A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat..
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