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. ``When sundown skirts the moor.'' --Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.

Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. --S. S. Smith.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Skirt \Skirt\, n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. sk["o]rt a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]

1. 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.

2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.]

A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece. --Addison.

3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything ``Here in the skirts of the forest.'' --Shak.

4. A petticoat.

5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. --Dunglison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)