Meaning Of Skirt

n.

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

n.

A loose edging to any part of a dress.

n.

Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything

n.

A petticoat.

n.

The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.

v. t.

To cover with a skirt; to surround.

v. t.

To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.

v. t.

To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.