Definitions
A knee-length pleated garment traditionally associated with Scotland.
Word origin
From Middle English kilten (“to tuck up, gird”), apparently from North Germanic, ultimately from Old Norse kelta, kjalta (“skirt; lap”). Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kelt-, *kelþǭ, *kilþį̄ (“womb”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelt- (“round body; child”). Cognate with Danish kilte (“to tuck”), Swedish kilta (“to swathe”). Related to English child.
Used in a sentence
“Else at her new place worked outdoor and indoor, she'd to kilt her skirts (if they needed kilting – and that was damned little with those short-like frocks) and go out and help at the spreading of dung […].”
“that unspotted Lamb, That for the Sins of all the World was kilt”
“She could fight, too, when I got snuffy. […] Once I come home from elk camp so drunk I couldn't hardly sit my horse, and Sylvie near to kilt me, she fought me so hard.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Scottish pleated garment”4 letters
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