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English

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A skirt

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishskyrte, fromOld Norseskyrta, fromProto-Germanic*skurtijǭ.Doublet ofshirt. Cognate withSaterland FrisianSkoarte(“apron”),Dutchschort(“apron”),GermanSchürze(“apron”),Danishskørt(“skirt”),Swedishskört(“hem of a jacket”),Norwegianskjørt(“skirt”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skirt (pluralskirts)

  2. An article ofclothing, usually worn bywomen andgirls, that hangs from thewaist and covers the lower part of the body.
    • c.1907,O. Henry,The Purple Dress:
      "I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaitedskirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band of galloon under a white cloth collar with two rows of—"
  3. The part of adress orrobe, etc., that hangs below thewaist.
    • 1885,Ada S. Ballin, chapter XI, inThe Science of Dress in Theory and Practice:
      The petticoats andskirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.
    • 1891,Arthur Conan Doyle,The Red-Headed League:
      “It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!”
      Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at hisskirts.
    • 1912,Arthur Conan Doyle,The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.:Hodder and Stoughton,→OCLC:
      I had sprung to my feet. I was speaking, and yet I had prepared no words. Tarp Henry, my companion, was plucking at myskirts and I heard him whispering, "Sit down, Malone! Don't make a public ass of yourself."
  4. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
    • July 27, 1713,Joseph Addison,The Guardian no. 118
      A narrow lace, or a smallskirt of fine 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.
  5. Apetticoat.
  6. (derogatory, slang) A woman.
    • 1931,Robert E. Howard,Alleys of Peril:
      "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for askirt."
      "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle.
      "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin' the swag h'over to 'er, and takin' wot she warnts to 'and us, w'en we could 'ave the 'ole lot. Take this job 'ere now--"
    • 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
      But I tell ya, I can't help but like a guy who wants to rescue someskirt he fell for.
  7. (UK, colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
  8. (UK, colloquial)Sexual intercourse with awoman.
  9. The border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
  10. Thediaphragm, ormidriff, inanimals.[1]

Usage notes

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  • (article of clothing): It was formerly common to speak of “skirts” (plural) rather than “a skirt”. In some cases this served to emphasize an array of skirts of underskirts, or of pleats and folds in a single skirt; in other cases it made little or no difference in meaning.

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Descendants

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Translations

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article of clothing
part of dress that hangs below waist
loose edging to any part of a dress
petticoat—seepetticoat
slang: woman
women collectively
sexual intercourse with a woman
border, edge, margin
diaphragm, or midriff in animals—seediaphragm,‎midriff
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Verb

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skirt (third-person singular simple presentskirts,present participleskirting,simple past and past participleskirted)

  1. To be on or form theborder of.
    The plain wasskirted by rows of trees.
    • 1769,Firishta, translated byAlexander Dow,Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:
      The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green andſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.
    • 1953 December, “Brightlingsea trains to be Restored”, inRailway Magazine, page793:
      The railway, which is single track throughout,skirts the left bank of the estuary of the River Colne, and was washed out over a length of about three miles.
  2. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
    skirt a mountain
    • 1922 October 26,Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, inJacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at theHogarth Press,→OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press,1960,→OCLC:
      An enormous man and woman (it was early-closing day) were stretched motionless, with their heads on pocket-handkerchiefs, side by side, within a few feet of the sea, while two or three gulls gracefullyskirted the incoming waves, and settled near their boots.
    • 1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, inRailway Magazine, page 6:
      As weskirted the shores of the Dornoch Firth, between Tain and Bonar Bridge, the views across the water to the Sutherland mountains were particularly fine in the early morning sunshine.
    • 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
      A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays. […] This would also let high-speed trainsskirt cities as moving platforms ferry passengers to and from the city centre.
    • 2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, inRail, page51:
      I'd forgotten how scenic parts of the line are - the railway crosses a host of streams while meandering through meadows orskirting woodland.
  3. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book V”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold
  4. (figurative) To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); toskate by (something).
    Heskirted the issue of which parties to attend by staying at home instead.
    • 2023 September 5, Arwa Mahdawi, “Why all the Burning Man schadenfreude? Where do I start ...”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:
      To be clear: I’m not saying Katyal helped a large corporationskirt child slavery laws, I’m just saying that he is the sort of guy who is a typical Burning Man attendee these days: the establishment in a goofy hat.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to be on or from the border of
to move around, to avoid the centre
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References

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  1. ^
    1839, Robley Dunglison, “SKIRT”, inMedical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.:Lea and Blanchard, successors toCarey and Co.,→OCLC:
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Malay

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Etymology

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FromEnglishskirt.

Noun

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skirt (pluralskirt-skirt,informal 1st possessiveskirtku,2nd possessiveskirtmu,3rd possessiveskirtnya)

  1. skirt

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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skirt

  1. Alternative form ofskyrte

Swedish

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Adjective

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skirt

  1. indefiniteneutersingular ofskir
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