Skirt Definition–noun | 1. | the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist. | | 2. | a one-piece garment extending downward from the waist and not joined between the legs, worn esp. by women and girls. | | 3. | some part resembling or suggesting the skirt of a garment, as the flared lip of a bell or a protective and ornamental cloth strip covering the legs of furniture. | | 4. | a small leather flap on each side of a saddle, covering the metal bar from which the stirrup hangs. | | 6. | Also called apron. Furniture. | a. | a flat horizontal brace set immediately beneath the seat of a chair, chest of drawers, or the like, to strengthen the legs. | | b. | Also called bed, frieze. a flat brace or support immediately beneath a tabletop. | | | 7. | Usually, skirts. the bordering, marginal, or outlying part of a place, group, etc.; the outskirts. | | 8. | Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a woman or girl. | | 9. | Rocketry. an outer part of a rocket or missile that provides structural support or houses such systems as avionics or gyroscopes. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to lie on or along the border of: The hills skirt the town. | | 11. | to border, wrap, or cover with a skirt or something suggesting a skirt in appearance or function. | | 12. | to pass along or around the border or edge of: Traffic skirts the town. | | 13. | to avoid, go around the edge of, or keep distant from (something that is controversial, risky, etc.): The senator skirted the issue. | | 14. | to remove low-grade wool and foreign matter from (the outer edge of fleece). | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to be or lie on or along the edge of something. | | 16. | to move along or around the border of something. | |
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