Definitions for kilt
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kiltnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. kiltnoun

   Traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.

2. kiltnoun

   (historical) Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid;

3. kiltnoun

   a plaid, pleated school uniform skirt sometimes structured as a wrap around, sometimes pleated throughout the entire circumference;

4. kiltnoun

   a variety of non-bifurcated garments made for men and loosely resembling a Scottish kilt, but most often made from different fabrics and not always with tartan plaid designs.

5. kiltverb

   To gather up part of a long garment, and hold it with a tuck, belt, pin, etc., in order to make it shorter.

   She kilted up her skirt and waded out to the boat.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kilt

   Edmund Spenser.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kilt

   A kilt (Scottish Gaelic: fèileadh [ˈfeːləɣ]; Irish: féileadh) is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length skirt, made of twill woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a tartan pattern. Originating in the Scottish Highland dress for men, it is first recorded in 16th century as the great kilt, a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak. The small kilt or modern kilt emerged in the 18th century, and is essentially the bottom half of the great kilt. Since the 19th century, it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland, and more broadly with Gaelic or Celtic heritage. Although the kilt is most often worn by men on formal occasions and at Highland games and other sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of informal male clothing, returning to its roots as an everyday garment. Kilts are now made for casual wear in a variety of materials. Alternative fastenings may be used and pockets inserted to avoid the need for a sporran. Kilts have also been adopted as female wear for some sports.

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1. kilt

   A kilt is a type of traditional clothing, typically worn by men, originating from the Scottish Highlands in the 16th Century. It consists of a skirt-length garment made of woolen cloth in a tartan pattern and typically fastened around the waist, with pleats in the back. It is typically part of formal or ceremonial attire, and is often worn with accessories such as a sporran, kilt pin, and garters.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kilt

   p. p. from Kill

2. Kiltnoun

   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

3. Kiltverb

   to tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes

4. Etymology: [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]

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1. Kilt

   The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic heritage even more broadly. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern. Although the kilt is most often worn on formal occasions and at Highland games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal male clothing in recent years, returning to its roots as an everyday garment.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Kilt

   kilt, n. a kind of short petticoat or plaited skirt, forming part of the Highland dress.—v.t. (Scot.) to truss up.—adj. Kilt′ed, dressed in a kilt.—n. Kilt′ie, one wearing a kilt, a soldier in a Highland regiment. [Northern Eng. kilt, to tuck up, from Dan. kilte, to tuck up: cf. Ice. kilting, a skirt.]

2. Kilt

   kilt, (Spens.) pa.p. of kill.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of kilt in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of kilt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of kilt in a Sentence

1. Fabrice:

   A Scottish, mopping his brow with his kilt was accused of indecent exposure!

2. Spike Milligan:

   Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kilt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kilt
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=kilt
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilt
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilt
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=kilt
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=kilt