ˈskifting Sc. variant of skirting vbl.n. 4. 1842Aiton Domest.Econ. (1857) 223 Then take stone, hewn and well jointed, and set it as a skifthing round the whole wall.1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm I. 119 The floor..is..finished with a neat skifting board..round the walls of the barn.