Skirt

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Petticoat.

II. Skirt ·noun The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.

III. Skirt ·noun A loose edging to any part of a dress.

IV. Skirt ·vt To cover with a skirt; to Surround.

V. Skirt ·vt To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.

VI. Skirt ·noun Border; edge; margin; extreme part of Anything.

VII. Skirt ·vt To Border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.

VIII. Skirt ·noun The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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