Kilt (),
p. p. from Kill.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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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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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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