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skirter|ˈskɜːtə(r)|
[f. skirt v. + -er1.]
1. Hunting.
a. A hound which leaves the pack while following scent.
1781Beckford Thoughts Hunting (1802) 86 They should not be skirters, but, on the contrary, should be fair-hunting hounds. 1842C. J. Apperley Life Sportsman xvii, What are called left-handed hounds, not exactly skirters, but apt to run wide of the pack. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rural Sports i. ii. v. 131 Inveterate skirters, also, and conceited babblers, by all means hang.
b. A hunter who skirts or goes round an obstacle instead of over or through it.
1827Sporting Mag. XX. 37 One more proof how often riders and skirters bring on mischief. 1856Kingsley Poems, The Find ii, Leave cravens and skirters to dangle behind.
2. Austr. A horseman who rides on the flank or side of a body of riders, party of travellers, etc.
1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Ref. (1891) 209 The couple on the trail ensured its being neither lost nor overlooked; the skirters, by riding straight on either side, picked up the tracks when any deviation was made.
3. Austr. One who trims fleeces.
1883Leisure Hour 243/1 Near the skirters' table there is a very much shorter table. |