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Definition of kilt
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
kilt
verbkilted; kilting; kilts
Definition of kilt (Entry 2 of 2)
1 chiefly dialectal : to tuck up (something, such as a skirt)
2 : to equip with a kilt
: to move nimbly
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