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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.
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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kilt (kɪlt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a knee-length pleated skirt-like garment, esp one in tartan, as worn by men in Highland dress |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to tuck (a skirt) up around one's body |
| 3. | to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc) |
| [C18: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte to tuck up, Old Swedish kilta lap] | |
| 'kilted | |
| —adj | |
| 'kiltlike | |
| —adj | |
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Etymonline
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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