Kilt

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

kilt
    n 1: a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of
         the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Kilt \Kilt\,
   p. p. from {Kill}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

KILT, n.  A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and
Americans in Scotland.

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