noun
kilt
KILT/kɪlt/
A pleated knee-length skirt traditionally worn by Scottish men.
He wears a tartan kilt to his sister's wedding.
Etymology
Middle English kilten meant “to tuck up.” The skirt’s name connects to gathered-up clothing: it originally denoted the part of a belted plaid hanging below the waist.
In context
they're gonna be wearing the Lindsay Kilt uh and one one woman is going to be wearing
More examples
- The bagpipers march down the street in matching kilts.
- His kilt reaches just above his knees.
- She carefully presses the pleats in her grandfather's kilt.
Forms
kilt · kilts
kilted adjective — Wearing or dressed in a kilt.
Similar words
- skirt
- A broader garment category, not necessarily pleated or Scottish.