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Pronunciation : Kilt (
Definition : Defn: p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kilt
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
Definition : 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.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Kilt
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913