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English Dictionary: Kilt by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kilt \Kilt\,
      p. p. from {Kill}. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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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