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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kilt \Kilt\,
p. p. from {Kill}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kilt
n : a knee-length pleated tartan skirt; worn by men in Scottish
Highlands
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and
Americans in Scotland.
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