kiltn.

Brit.

/kɪlt/, U.S.

/kɪlt/

Forms: Also 1700s quelt, kelt.

Etymology: < kilt v.

A part of Highland dress, resembling a skirt reaching from the waist to the knee: it is usually made of tartan cloth, and is deeply plaited round the back and sides; hence, any similar article of dress worn in other countries.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt > types of > kilt

filibeg1746

kilt1746

petticoat1754

Highland kilt1803

1746 Act 19 & 21 Geo. II c. 39 §17 The..philebeg or little kilt.

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxii. 185 Those among them who travel on Foot..vary it [the Trowze] into the Quelt..a small Part of the Plaid..is set in Folds and girt round the Waste to make of it a short Petticoat that reaches half Way down the Thigh.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 23 His piper..has a right to wear the kilt, or antient Highland dress, with the purse, pistol, and durk.

1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1790) I. 211 The feil beag, i.e. little plaid, also called kelt..is a modern substitute for the lower part of the plaid.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvi. 232 The short kilt, or petticoat, showed his sinewy and clean-made limbs.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xi. 231 The dress of the [Bechuana] women consists of a kaross depending from the shoulders, and a short kilt.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 147 Thus was formed a species of kilt of armour, or iron petticoat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kiltv.

Brit.

/kɪlt/, U.S.

/kɪlt/

Forms: Also Middle English kylte.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: apparently of Scandinavian origin: compare Danish kilte (also kilte op) to tuck up, Swedish (dialect) kilta to swathe, swaddle; Old Norse had kilting, kjalta skirt, lap.

1. transitive. To gird up; to tuck up (the skirts) round the body. Also with up.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > adjust or arrange > gird or gather up

kilta1340

tuckc1385

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxiv. 7 [lxv. 6] Graythand hilles in þi vertu kiltid in powere [L. accinctus potentia].

1483 Cath. Angl. 203/1 To kylte,..suffercinare, succingere.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vi. 27 Venus..With..Hir skirt kiltit till hir bair kne.

1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 1380 Then help me for to kilt my clais.

a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) II. 144 Come kilt up ye'r coats And let us to Edinburgh go.

1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 131 I'll kilt my coats aboon my knee, And follow my love thro' the water.

1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone ii. 25 Of their petticoats, the outer one was kilted or gathered up towards the front.

2. To fasten or tie up; to pull or hoist up; to ‘string up’, to hang.

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)]

bind971

to bind hand and footOE

i-bindec1000

umgivea1300

warrok1362

hampera1375

bolt1377

shacklec1440

astrainc1475

estrain1483

to put in irons1533

to tie up1570

manacle1582

beshackle1599

to tie (also lay) neck and heels1618

fillet1633

kilta1689

to tie down1699

oblige1718

hog-tie1886

zip-tie1985

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 30 Their bare preaching now, Makes the thrush bush keep the Cow, Better than Scots or English kings Could do by Kilting them [the thieves] with strings.

1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 69 Many ane she's kiltet up, Syne set them fairly on their doup.

1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 Feb. (1941) 192 Our ancestors brought the country to order by kilting thieves and banditti with strings.

3. intransitive. To go lightly and expeditiously (i.e. as with the loins girded).

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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > speedily

rakeOE

rekec1275

raikc1390

richc1400

freck1513

to hie it1620

whidc1730

scoot1758

spank1807

kilt1816

nip1825

slip1864

breeze1907

bomb1966

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xviii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 341 He..maun kilt awa wi' ae bonnie lass in the morning, and another at night,..but if he doesna kilt himself out o' the country, I'se kilt him wi' a tow.

1894 ‘I. Maclaren’ Beside Bonnie Brier Bush iv. iii. 150 Kiltin' up the braes.

4. transitive. To gather in vertical pleats, fastened at the top and free at the bottom, as in a kilt.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > gather

frouncea1533

gather1576

full1815

to set in1858

gauge1881

bunch1884

kilt1887

1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 171 The skirt is of flannel most cunningly kilted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kilt
释义	kiltn. Brit. /kɪlt/, U.S. /kɪlt/ Forms: Also 1700s quelt, kelt. Etymology: < kilt v. A part of Highland dress, resembling a skirt reaching from the waist to the knee: it is usually made of tartan cloth, and is deeply plaited round the back and sides; hence, any similar article of dress worn in other countries. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt > types of > kilt filibeg1746 kilt1746 petticoat1754 Highland kilt1803 1746 Act 19 & 21 Geo. II c. 39 §17 The..philebeg or little kilt. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxii. 185 Those among them who travel on Foot..vary it [the Trowze] into the Quelt..a small Part of the Plaid..is set in Folds and girt round the Waste to make of it a short Petticoat that reaches half Way down the Thigh. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 23 His piper..has a right to wear the kilt, or antient Highland dress, with the purse, pistol, and durk. 1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1790) I. 211 The feil beag, i.e. little plaid, also called kelt..is a modern substitute for the lower part of the plaid. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvi. 232 The short kilt, or petticoat, showed his sinewy and clean-made limbs. View more context for this quotation 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. I. xi. 231 The dress of the [Bechuana] women consists of a kaross depending from the shoulders, and a short kilt. 1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour viii. 147 Thus was formed a species of kilt of armour, or iron petticoat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). kiltv. Brit. /kɪlt/, U.S. /kɪlt/ Forms: Also Middle English kylte. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: apparently of Scandinavian origin: compare Danish kilte (also kilte op) to tuck up, Swedish (dialect) kilta to swathe, swaddle; Old Norse had kilting, kjalta skirt, lap. 1. transitive. To gird up; to tuck up (the skirts) round the body. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > adjust or arrange > gird or gather up kilta1340 tuckc1385 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxiv. 7 [lxv. 6] Graythand hilles in þi vertu kiltid in powere [L. accinctus potentia]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 203/1 To kylte,..suffercinare, succingere. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vi. 27 Venus..With..Hir skirt kiltit till hir bair kne. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 1380 Then help me for to kilt my clais. a1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) II. 144 Come kilt up ye'r coats And let us to Edinburgh go. 1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 131 I'll kilt my coats aboon my knee, And follow my love thro' the water. 1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone ii. 25 Of their petticoats, the outer one was kilted or gathered up towards the front. 2. To fasten or tie up; to pull or hoist up; to ‘string up’, to hang. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] bind971 to bind hand and footOE i-bindec1000 umgivea1300 warrok1362 hampera1375 bolt1377 shacklec1440 astrainc1475 estrain1483 to put in irons1533 to tie up1570 manacle1582 beshackle1599 to tie (also lay) neck and heels1618 fillet1633 kilta1689 to tie down1699 oblige1718 hog-tie1886 zip-tie1985 a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 30 Their bare preaching now, Makes the thrush bush keep the Cow, Better than Scots or English kings Could do by Kilting them [the thieves] with strings. 1810 J. Cock Simple Strains 69 Many ane she's kiltet up, Syne set them fairly on their doup. 1828 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 Feb. (1941) 192 Our ancestors brought the country to order by kilting thieves and banditti with strings. 3. intransitive. To go lightly and expeditiously (i.e. as with the loins girded). ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > speedily rakeOE rekec1275 raikc1390 richc1400 freck1513 to hie it1620 whidc1730 scoot1758 spank1807 kilt1816 nip1825 slip1864 breeze1907 bomb1966 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xviii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 341 He..maun kilt awa wi' ae bonnie lass in the morning, and another at night,..but if he doesna kilt himself out o' the country, I'se kilt him wi' a tow. 1894 ‘I. Maclaren’ Beside Bonnie Brier Bush iv. iii. 150 Kiltin' up the braes. 4. transitive. To gather in vertical pleats, fastened at the top and free at the bottom, as in a kilt. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > gather frouncea1533 gather1576 full1815 to set in1858 gauge1881 bunch1884 kilt1887 1887 J. Ashby-Sterry Lazy Minstrel (1892) 171 The skirt is of flannel most cunningly kilted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1746v.a1340
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