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kilt

[ kilt ]

noun

  1. any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.


verb (used with object)

  1. to draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.
  2. to provide (a skirt) with kilt pleats.

kilt

/ °ìɪ±ô³Ù /

noun

  1. a knee-length pleated skirt-like garment, esp one in tartan, as worn by men in Highland dress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to tuck (a skirt) up around one's body
  2. to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ì¾±±ô³Ù±ð»å, adjective
  • ˈ°ì¾±±ô³ÙËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ì¾±±ô³Ùl¾±°ì±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kilt1

1300–50; Middle English kylte, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish kilte to tuck up
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kilt1

C18: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte to tuck up, Old Swedish kilta lap
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Example Sentences

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A photograph taken in 1966 to mark the 18th birthday of Prince Charles shows him dressed in a kilt in Balmoral tartan in the library of the castle, and was taken by Godfrey Argent.

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Tennant, a Scotsman who wears a kilt with glorious swagger, was born for the role.

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A new photograph of King Charles in a tartan kilt at Balmoral Castle has been released to mark Burns Night.

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The comments were made in a speech by King Charles - dressed fittingly in a kilt - to mark 25 years of the Scottish Parliament.

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“We are looking for things like regimental shoulder titles, cap badges, bits of uniform, bits of kilt, boots to show they are British,†Ms Bowers said.

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