KILT
Kilt (,
Defn: p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] Spenser.
KILT Kilt, n. Etym: [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
Defn: 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.]
KILT
Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.]
Defn: To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
KILTED
Kilt"ed, a.
1. Having on a kilt.
2. Plaited after the manner of kilting.
3. Tucked or fastened up; — said of petticoats, etc.