Kilting

Kilting
Kilting Kilt"ing, n. (Dressmaking) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one. [1913 Webster]

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  • Kilting — Kilt Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kilted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kilting}.] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • kilting — /ˈkɪltɪŋ/ (say kilting) noun (in a skirt, etc.) an arrangement of flat pleats set close together, each overlapping half of the last …  

  • kilting — /kil ting/, n. an arrangement of kilt pleats. [1515 25; KILT + ING1] * * * …   Universalium

  • kilting — noun A method of vertically arranging flat plaits such that each plait is folded so as to cover half the of the one before it …   Wiktionary

  • kilting — n. act of folding and pleating (fabric, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • kilting — /kil ting/, n. an arrangement of kilt pleats. [1515 25; KILT + ING1] …   Useful english dictionary

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  • kilt — {{11}}kilt (n.) plaited tartan skirt, c.1730, from M.E. verb kilten to tuck up (mid 14c.), from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Dan. kilte op to tuck up; O.N. kilting shirt, kjalta fold made by gathering up to the knees ). {{12}}kilt (v.) to tuck up,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Kilt — Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kilted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kilting}.] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Kilted — Kilt Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kilted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kilting}.] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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