Kilt

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kilt \Kilt\,
     p. p. from {Kill}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Kilt \Kilt\, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan.
     kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
     A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the
     knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the
     Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also {kelt}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kilt \Kilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Kilting}.]
     To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] --Sir W.
     Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kilt
       n : a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men in the
           Highlands of northern Scotland

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  KILT, n.  A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and
  Americans in Scotland.