skirt

Meaning

1. An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
2. The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
3. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
4. A petticoat.
5. (slang) A woman.
6. (colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
7. (colloquial) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
8. The border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
9. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.

dress

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hem of a garment

walk along

T-Shirt

side panel

side-step

follow the edge of

walk along the edge of

wrap-around skirt

bordering region

prevaricate

fringe of a garment

lateral plate

curb plate

arthropleure

tail feathers

side board

gathering sill

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɜːt/

From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).