Definition of: skirt

(skûrt) noun
1. That part of a dress, gown, or robe that hangs from the waist downward.
2. A separate garment hanging from the waist and covering the lower portion of the body.
3. A cloth or other material that hangs or covers like a skirt: the skirt of a dressing table.
4. Slang A girl; woman.
5. The margin, border, or outer edge of anything.
6. plural The border, fringe, or edge of a particular area, path, geographical feature, etc.: on the skirts of the town, forest, highway, etc.
7. One of the flaps or loose, hanging parts of a saddle: also saddle skirt.
8. Naut. The leech of a sail.
9. The diaphragm or midriff of a butchered animal. See synonyms under MARGIN.
—v.t.
1. To lie along or form the edge of; to border.
2. To surround or border: with with.
3. To pass around or about, usually to avoid crossing: to skirt the town.
—v.i.
4. To be or pass along the edge or border: to skirt along the coast. [ON skyrt shirt. Akin to SHIRT.]