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kilt
[ kilt ]
noun
- any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
verb (used with object)
- to draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.
- to provide (a skirt) with kilt pleats.
kilt
/ ɪ /
noun
- a knee-length pleated skirt-like garment, esp one in tartan, as worn by men in Highland dress
verb
- to tuck (a skirt) up around one's body
- to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc)
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Derived Forms
- ˈ쾱ٱ, adjective
- ˈ쾱ˌ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- 쾱l adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kilt1
1300–50; Middle English kylte, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish kilte to tuck up
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kilt1
C18: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte to tuck up, Old Swedish kilta lap
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Private security guards tackled a man who appeared to be wearing a kilt and yelling.
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The King was in a kilt and tweed jacket while the Queen wore a blue coat with a tartan lapel and a red hat decorated with a feather.
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A photograph taken in 1966 to mark the 18th birthday of Prince Charles shows him dressed in a kilt in Balmoral tartan in the library of the castle, and was taken by Godfrey Argent.
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Tennant, a Scotsman who wears a kilt with glorious swagger, was born for the role.
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A new photograph of King Charles in a tartan kilt at Balmoral Castle has been released to mark Burns Night.
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