skirt

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On the right side of the skirt is an over-skirt or side-apron, made of a darker colored crimson, and trimmed with ermine; it commences at the front of the body, and extends half way around the skirt; it is scalloped at the bottom, and ornamented with yellow fringe and beads outside of the ermine.

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  1. noun The part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down.
  2. noun A garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls.
  3. noun A part or attachment resembling the skirt of a garment, especially:
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  • He has been described as a skirt-chaser; she as mysterious, capricious, and detached.
  • The feel of his nakedness pressed against the back of my skirt was amazing. —  BloodNoir
  • The front of her skirt was adorned with jewels, and she had a dozen orders and as many portraits of saints fastened all along the facings of her dress, so that when she walked she jingled like a mule But in the eyes of one man at least—and he the greatest in all Russia—she was beautiful. —  Love affairs of the Courts of Europe
  • Oh, the skirt was a little shorter, and there was something different about the sleeves, but it was the dress, all right It didn't make any sense. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
  • Folded within the skirt was a white blouse and a brocade jacket, with pockets deep enough to hide her knife as well as her calloused hands. —  ChallengingDestiny#23
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gown ·  trouser ·  sleeve ·  frock ·  scarf ·  stocking ·  hat ·  apron ·  cloth ·  suit ·  ribbon ·  cape

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skirt:   skirts ·  skirting ·  skirted
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old Norse skyrta, shirt; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English skirt, skyrt, skirthe, from Icelandic skyrta, a shirt, a kind of kirtle (hringskyrta, ‘ring-shirt,’ a coat of mail, fyrirskyrta, ‘fore-skirt,’ an apron), =Swedish skjorta, a skirt, skört, a petticoat, =Danish skjorte, a shirt, skjört, a petticoat, = Middle High German G. schurz, apron, garment: see shirt, of which skirt is a doublet.
  2. from skirt, n.
 

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