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kilted

American  
[kil-tid] / ˈkɪl tɪd /

adjective

  1. wearing a kilt.

  2. gathered in pleats; pleated.


Etymology

Origin of kilted

First recorded in 1800–10; kilt + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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A profusion of white Phalaenopsis orchids decorated the sanctuary and a kilted Los Angeles Police Department piper played as Riordan’s widow, children and grandchildren filed into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

In May, the kilted bagpipers and drummers of the Royal Welsh Battlegroup played marching songs at a parade ground filled with British, Danish and French troops in the Tapa military base in Estonia.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2022

A kilted Scot and his dog have trekked the width of Canada from the Pacific to the Atlantic in an effort to help rewild the Scottish Highlands.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2021

At the Iowa gravesite, four kilted bagpipers played mournful tunes and a country artist sang the national anthem.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2021

But they say that he kilted his petticoats and charged with the regiment.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)