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Webster 1913 Edition

Skirt

Skirt

,
Noun.
[OE.
skyrt
, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.
skyrta
a shirt, Sw.
skört
a skirt,
skjorta
a shirt. See
Shirt
.]
1.
The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist;
as, the
skirt
of a coat, a dress, or a mantle
.
2.
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
[Obs.]
A narrow lace, or a small
skirt
of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
Addison.
3.
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
“Here in the skirts of the forest.”
Shak.
4.
A petticoat.
5.
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
Dunglison.

Skirt

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Skirted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Skirting
.]
1.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirted
his loins and thighs with downy gold.
Milton.
2.
To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of;
as, the plain was
skirted
by rows of trees
.
“When sundown skirts the moor.”
Tennyson.

Skirt

,
Verb.
T.
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
Savages . . . who
skirt
along our western frontiers.
S. S. Smith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Skirt

SKIRT

,
Noun.
1.
The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment; the part below the waist; as the skirt of a coat or mantle. 1 Sam.15.
2.
The edge of any part of dress.
3.
Border; edge; margin; extreme part; as the skirt of a forest; the skirt of a town.
4.
A woman's garment like a petticoat.
5.
The diaphragm or midriff in animals.
To spread the skirt over, in Scripture, to take under one's care and protection Ruth.3.

SKIRT

,
Verb.
T.
To border; to form the border or edge; or to run along the edge; as a plain skirted by rows of trees; a circuit skirted round with wood.

SKIRT

,
Verb.
I.
To be on the border; to live near the extremity.
Savages--who skirt along our western frontiers.

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