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kilt(dictionary)

kilt(2) (iou)



kilt verb. ME.
[Of Scandinavian origin: cf. Swedish dial. kilta to swathe, Danish kilte (op) tuck (up), Old Norse kilting a skirt, kjalta the lap.]
verb trans. Tuck up (skirts) round the body. Also foll. by up. ME.
D. H. Lawrence She, with her skirts kilted up, flew round at her work, absorbed.
verb trans. Tie or hoist up (a thing); hang (a person). Now rare or obsolete. L17.
verb intrans. Go quickly, hasten, as if with the skirts kilted up. Scot. E19.
verb trans. Gather in vertical pleats. L19.
kilting noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) clothing or material tucked up or gathered in pleats: E16.