skirting : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: skirting	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for skirting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skirting adj being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" Synonym(s): encircling(a), skirting(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skirting \Skirt"ing\, n. 1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.] 2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. {Skirting board}, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skirted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skirting}.] 1. To cover with a skirt; to surround. Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. --Milton. 2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. [bd]When sundown skirts the moor.[b8] --Tennyson.