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▪ I. skirting, vbl. n.|ˈskɜːtɪŋ|
[f. skirt v.]
†1. The action or fact of treating lightly or superficially. Obs.—1
1687R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times i. 164 A little Skirting now and then, upon the Narratives; and Bantering, betwixt Jest and Earnest, upon the Credit of the Witnesses.
2. Devon dial. (See quot. 1796.)
1796W. H. Marshall W. Eng. I. 144 For Skirting, the common share is used; but made, perhaps, somewhat wider than when it is used in the ordinary operation of plowing. In this mode of using the plow, little more than half the sward is pared off; turning the part raised, upon a line of unmoved turf [etc.]. 1813Vancouver Agric. Devon 115 When skirting is required, the wing of the share is considerably enlarged. 1856Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 725/3.
3. a. A border, edge, edging, or margin.
1764Museum Rust. III. 88 The ploughman..leaving the skirtings near the hedges to be last finished. 1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1530 This latter boundary and skirting of Assam. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 171 Very young birds have rufous skirting of many feathers.
b. The lower part or skirt of a garment. Also pl.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 68 With slop-frock suiting to a ploughman's taste, Its greasy skirtings twisted round his waist. 1829Tennyson Timbuctoo 177 Wherefrom The snowy skirting of a garment hung.
c. Material used for the skirts of saddles; saddle-skirts collectively.
1852C. Morfit Tanning & Currying (1853) 150 The smaller and lighter ones [sc. hides] are used for ‘skirting’ and for enamelling.
d. Cloth or material suitable for women's skirts or underskirts (see quot.).
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlwk. 451/1 Skirting, strong thick woollen, worsted, cotton, or mixed fabrics, woven of certain dimensions, so as to be suitable in length and width for women's underskirts, and to preclude the necessity of making gores and seams.
4. Carpentry. The narrow boarding, edging of slate or cement, etc., placed vertically along the base of the wall of a room, or other place in a building, next to the floor. Also collect., material suitable for this. skirting radiator, a radiator running along a wall at the level of the skirting. Cf. skirting-board.
1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 603 Skirting, when wide, is also measured by the foot superficial. Ibid. 626 It [sc. slate] makes excellent skirtings of all descriptions. 1863G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators II. 242 The walls were of polished citron-wood, heavily gilded round the skirting and edges. 1881Young Ev. Man his own Mechanic §886. 414 There is a skirting round the room which must not be cut away. 1970Home & Garden Mar. 94/4 Skirting radiators have a great deal to recommend them. 1978Cornish Guardian 27 Apr. 16/6 (Advt.), Superbly renovated cottage with full central heating, unobtrusive skirting radiators [etc.].
5. Austr. The trimmings or inferior portions of a fleece. Also skirting table, the table at which these are removed.
1881A. C. Grant Bush Life Queensland I. vii. 85 The roller-up, with a rapidity which is the result of long practice, separates the skirtings. 1890Melbourne Argus 20 Sept. 13/7 At the ‘skirting table’ we will stand for a little while, and watch while the fleece..is opened out by the ‘roller’ and the inferior portions removed.
Add:6. A border or screen enclosing the space beneath a mobile home and concealing the wheels, plumbing, etc. N. Amer.
1961Mobile Home Jrnl. 24 May (caption) Skirting is of the same siding material [aluminium]. 1972R. H. Nulsen Mobile Home Man. (rev. ed.) i. viii. 340 (caption) Skirting is a requirement in modern mobile home parks. 1979Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. 12/4 (Advt.), Home includes 1 year warranty, skirting and awning.
▪ II. ˈskirting, ppl. a.
[f. skirt v.]
That skirts, in senses of the vb.
c1735Harte Eulogius Poems (1810) 383/1 On skirting heights thick stood the clust'ring vine. 1817J. Scott Paris Revisit. (ed. 4) 77 Beyond the city..a black skirting outline ran along a ridge of high ground. 1829P. Nicholson in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 237/2 Every supporting bar ought to be fixed at each extremity to opposite parts of the skirting frame. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. 131 Skirting parties meantime scoured the country far and near.
Hence ˈskirtingly adv.
1882Proctor in Longman's Mag. Dec. 184 The earth can pass through, centrally or skirtingly, but a very minute proportion of the meteor systems. |