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5 definitions found 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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