kilt

[ kilt ]

noun

1. any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.

verb (used with object)

1. to draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.
2. to provide (a skirt) with kilt pleats.

kilt

/ kɪlt /

noun

1. a knee-length pleated skirt-like garment, esp one in tartan, as worn by men in Highland dress

verb

1. to tuck (a skirt) up around one's body
2. to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc)

Derived Forms

• ˈkilted, adjective
• ˈkiltˌlike, adjective

Other Words From

• kiltlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of kilt¹

1300–50; Middle English kylte, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish kilte to tuck up

Word History and Origins

Origin of kilt¹

C18: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte to tuck up, Old Swedish kilta lap

Example Sentences

Excuse me, I have to get the keffiyeh out of my dusty suitcase and pack a kilt.

From The Daily Beast

Peter," he said, "the city truck done run over yer dog and kilt him dead.

From The Daily Beast

A few feet away was Marc Jacobs, wearing a plaid kilt, in a clear tip of the hat to McQueen.

From The Daily Beast

For those worried that I left Kilt Man empty handed, fear not.

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After another half hour, Kilt Man leaned his full weight with his palm onto the soft mound above my pelvic bone.

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Now, Highland regiments had fought in India for many a year before the Mutiny, and the kilt was no new thing in native eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

We can't fall upon luck of any sort—good, bad or indifferent—that is where I'm broke and spiled and kilt hintirely.

From Project Gutenberg

Ef he done kilt dat woman, de white folks goin' to git him sho'ly—sho'ly.

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It was hard to convince th' nation that they hadn't lost th' war with Rooshya because not so many Rooshyans had been kilt as Japs.

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But the thought of gettin' kilt before ever I'd made you Mrs. Murphy was too much for me.

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Related Words

• dress
• petticoat
• sarong