KILTED

Etymology

Adjective

kilted

Having on a kilt.

Plaited after the manner of kilting.

Tucked or fastened up; said of petticoats, etc.

Synonyms

• (wearing a kilt): bekilted

Anagrams

• kidlet

Source: Wiktionary


Kilt"ed, a.

1. Having on a kilt.

2. Plaited after the manner of kilting.

3. Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc.

KILT

Kilt (,

Definition: p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] Spenser.

Kilt, n. Etym: [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]

Definition: A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]

Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.]

Definition: To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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