KILTING

Verb

kilting

present participle of kilt

Noun

kilting (plural kiltings)

A method of vertically arranging flat plaits such that each plait is folded so as to cover half the of the one before it.

Anagrams

• kitling

Source: Wiktionary


Kilt"ing, n. (Dressmaking)

Definition: A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.

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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