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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024kilt /kɪlt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga knee-length plaid skirt with folds, worn by Scotsmen in the Highlands or in some military regiments
- Clothinga skirt modeled on this.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kilt (kilt),USA pronunciation n. - Clothingany short, pleated skirt, esp. a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
v.t. - Clothingto draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.
- Clothingto provide (a skirt) with kilt pleats.
- Scandinavian; compare Danish kilte to tuck up
- Middle English kylte, perh. 1300–50
kilt′like′, adj. |