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kilt

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kilt  (klt)
n.
1. A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands.
2. A similar skirt worn by women, girls, and boys.
tr.v. kilt·ed, kilt·ing, kilts
To tuck up (something) around the body.

[From kilt, to tuck up, from Middle English kilten, of Scandinavian origin.]

kilt [kɪlt]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a knee-length pleated skirt, esp one in tartan, as worn by men in Highland dress
vb (tr)
1. (Clothing & Fashion) to tuck (the skirt) up around one's body
2. (Clothing & Fashion) to put pleats in (cloth, a skirt, etc.)
[of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte to tuck up, Old Swedish kilta lap]
kilted  adj
kiltlike  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.kilt - a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotlandkilt - a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
skirt - a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
Translations
kilt [kɪlt] Nfalda f escocesa

kilt [ˈkɪlt] nkilt m

kilt
nKilt m, → Schottenrock m

kilt [kɪlt] nkilt m inv

kilt
n kilt [kilt]
an item of Scottish national dress, a pleated tartan skirt reaching to the knees and traditionally worn by men. Skotse rokkie كِلْتِيَّه: تَنّورَة يَرتَديها الرِّجال الأسكتلنديون шотландска пола skotská sukně, kilt kilt der Kilt κιλτ (σκοτσέζικη φούστα) falda escocesa ðoti seelik دامن مردانه اسکاتلندی kiltti kilt חֲצָאִית סְקוֹטִית घाघरा kilt skót szoknya pakaian adat Skot skotapils kilt, (gonnellino scozzese) キルト 킬트(스코틀랜드 고지인 등이 입는 세로 주름이 있는 짧은 치마) kiltas, škotų sijonėlis (skota tautastērpa) svārciņi kilt Schotse rok kilt, skotteskjørt spódniczka szkocka saiote escocês kilt шотландская юбка kilt kilt kilt kilt กระโปรงสั้นพับจีบลายสก๊อตของชาวสก๊อตแลนด์ İskoç etekliği 蘇格蘭裙 спідниця шотландського горянина ٹنگے ساۓ یا گھگریا سے ملتا جلتا ، پلٹیوں دار عموما چار خانے کا بنا ہوا پہناوا جو اسکاچستانی پہاڑی علاقے کا روایتی لباس ہے váy của người Scot len

kilt تنورة قصيرة بها ثنيات واسعة skotská sukně kilt Schottenrock κιλτ falda escocesa kiltti kilt kilt kilt キルト 킬트 kilt kilt męska spódnica szkocka kilt килт kilt กระโปรงสั้นแค่เข่าจับจีบลายตาใส่ทั้งชายและหญิงในสก๊อตแลนด์ kilt váy Scotland 苏格兰方格呢短裙


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They were forbidden to wear the kilt or the tartan, and everything was done to make them speak English and forget Gaelic.
Not only did he not wear pants, and was barefooted and barelegged, but about his middle, just like any black, he wore a brilliant-coloured loin- cloth, that, like a kilt, fell nearly to his sunburnt knees.
He thought I had been kind to him, and said to a fellow-student of mine, 'Tell the Doctor I lave him me bones, for I've nothing else in the wide world, and I'll nos be wanting 'em at all, at all, when the great pain hat kilt me entirely.
 
 
 
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