kilt

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noun

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

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verb

kilted; kilting; kilts

transitive verb

1
chiefly dialectal : to tuck up (something, such as a skirt)
2
: to equip with a kilt

intransitive verb

: to move nimbly

Examples of kilt in a Sentence

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Noun
Quanta spoke with Cai about programming life, reading and writing the genome like a book, and how wearing a kilt in a New England winter marked a turning point in his career. Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024 Britney Spears will never not exist in the public imagination as a nubile teen in a schoolgirl kilt. Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024 As the now Emmy-winning host of the U.S. edition of The Traitors, Cumming has established himself as a style icon, playing an exaggerated lord of a Scottish manor complete with traditional bonnets, kilts, and more Tartan print than the human eye was ever meant to behold at once. Them, 9 Oct. 2024 The final picture showed McKidd wearing a kilt alongside Neil and his mother Kathleen. Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for kilt 

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kjalta lap, fold of a gathered skirt

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of kilt was in the 14th century

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Cite this Entry

“Kilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilt. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

kilt

noun
ˈkilt
: a knee-length pleated skirt usually of tartan worn by men in Scotland
kilted
ˈkil-təd
adjective

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