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kilt
(kĭlt)n.
1. A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands.
2. A similar skirt worn by women, girls, and boys.
tr.v. kilt·ed, kilt·ing, kilts
To tuck up (something) around the body.
[From kilt, to tuck up, from Middle English kilten, of Scandinavian origin.]
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kilt
(kɪlt)n
(Clothing & Fashion) a knee-length pleated skirt-like garment, esp one in tartan, as worn by men in Scottish Highland dress
vb (tr)
1. (Clothing & Fashion) to tuck (a skirt) up around one's body
2. (Clothing & Fashion) to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc)
[C18: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte to tuck up, Old Swedish kilta lap]
ˈkilted adj
ˈkiltˌlike adj
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kilt
(kɪlt)n.
1. a pleated, knee-length tartan skirt worn by Scotsmen in the Highlands or in some military regiments.
2. a skirt modeled on this, for women and girls.
v.t. 3. to draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.
4. to provide with a kilt.
[1300–50; Middle English kylte, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Dan kilte to tuck up]
kilt′like`, adj.
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kilt
Past participle: kilted
Gerund: kilting
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kilt
A knee-length, skirtlike garment worn by men as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress.
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| Noun | 1. |  kilt - a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotlandskirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women |
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Translations
skotská sukně
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kiltti
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skót szoknya
skotapils
キルト
킬트
kiltasškotų sijonėlis
svārciņi
kilt
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İskoç etekliğikilt
váy Scotland
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kilt
n → Kilt m, → Schottenrock m
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kilt
(kilt) noun an item of Scottish national dress, a pleated tartan skirt reaching to the knees and traditionally worn by men.
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