a garment worn by women and girls that hangs from and fits closely round the waist
a free-hanging part of a garment, e.g. a dress or coat, extending from the waist down
a part resembling a skirt in form or function
a flexible wall containing the air cushion of a hovercraft
either of two flaps on a saddle covering the bars from which the stirrups are hung
Brit a membranous gristly cut of beef from the flank
(also in pl) the borders or outer edge of an area or group
archaic a part or attachment serving as a rim, border, or edging
bit of skirt
informal a woman regarded as a sex object
skirted adj
[Middle English from Old Norse skyrta shirt, kirtle: see shirt]