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noun
1.
any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
verb (used with object)
2.
to draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.
3.
to provide (a skirt) with kilt pleats.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English kylte, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish kilte to tuck up
1300–50; Middle English kylte, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish kilte to tuck up
Related forms
kilt·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
kilt
"plaited tartan skirt," c.1730, from M.E. verb kilten "to tuck up" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source (cf. Dan. kilte op "to tuck up;" O.N. kilting "shirt," kjalta "fold made by gathering up to the knees").
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