kilt

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kilt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kilt \Kilt\,
     p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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  Kilt \Kilt\, n. [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan.
     kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
     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.]
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  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.
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kilt - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kilt
      n 1: a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of
           the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland