skirt /skûrt/

1. A garment, or part of a garment, generally a woman's, that hangs from the waist
2. The lower part of a gown, coat, or other garment or anything suggesting this
3. A flap hanging from a saddle
4. A midriff (of meat)
5. A rim, border, margin
6. A part of, or attachment to, an object that suggests a skirt, eg the flap of material hanging down around the base of a hovercraft to contain the air-cushion, or a similar flap around a racing-car
7. The lower edges of a sheep's fleece (Aust and NZ)
8. A woman (also bit of skirt) or women collectively (offensive sl)

1. To border
2. To pass along the edge of
3. To scour the outskirts of
4. To avoid confronting

1. To be on or pass along the border (usu with along, around, etc)
2. (of dogs) to leave the pack (hunting)

skirˈted adjective

Wearing or having a skirt

skirˈter noun

1. Someone who removes skirts from fleeces (Aust and NZ)
2. A huntsman who dodges jumps by going round about

skirˈting noun

1. Material for skirts
2. Skirting-board
3. (in pl) dirty wool from the skirts of a fleece

skirtˈless adjective

skirt chaser noun (informal)

A womanizer

skirtˈ-dancing noun

Dancing characterized by the waving of flowing skirts

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