ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Skilts

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Skilts is a noun meaning (US, dialect, dated or historical) A kind of wide, coarse, short trousers worn in the USA around the 18th century.

Meaning

(US, dialect, dated or historical) A kind of wide, coarse, short trousers worn in the USA around the 18th century.

Example Sentences

The lad's skilts, through which were thrust his lean dry shanks, gave him a semblance to a peasant of Gascony on stilts.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skivvy, skilvings, skippet, skilsies, skelsies, shorling.

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