1
: a knee-length pleated skirt usually of tartan worn by men in Scotland and by Scottish regiments in the British armies
2
: a garment that resembles a Scottish kilt
kilted; kilting; kilts
1
chiefly dialectal
: to tuck up (something, such as a skirt)
2
: to equip with a kilt
: to move nimbly
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Kelly Klein, Outside Online, 15 May 2025
The tradition is back at Campo di Bocce on March 17, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Irish dancing, a pipe band, the Black Irish band and food are included, and kilts are encouraged at this 21-and-older event.
—Debby Rice, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Private security guards tackled a man who appeared to be wearing a kilt and yelling.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Two years later, Scotland’s Sandy Lyle was hosting the dinner in his kilt and serving up haggis, a delicacy of sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, minced and spiced and cooked in the animal’s stomach lining.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
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With the exception of Scotsmen in kilts, skirts tend to stoke controversy in the outdoors.
—Kelly Klein, Outside Online, 15 May 2025
The tradition is back at Campo di Bocce on March 17, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Irish dancing, a pipe band, the Black Irish band and food are included, and kilts are encouraged at this 21-and-older event.
—Debby Rice, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Private security guards tackled a man who appeared to be wearing a kilt and yelling.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Two years later, Scotland’s Sandy Lyle was hosting the dinner in his kilt and serving up haggis, a delicacy of sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, minced and spiced and cooked in the animal’s stomach lining.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Kilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilt. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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