woman's+skirt
21skirt*/*/ — [skɜːt] noun [C] I a piece of clothing for a woman or girl. It hangs from the waist and is not joined between the legs She was wearing a long skirt.[/ex] II verb skirt [skɜːt] 1) [T] to go around the edge of a place or thing They skirted the… …
22skirt — [13] Essentially skirt is the same word as shirt. It was borrowed from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic source as English shirt, and likewise meant etymologically ‘short garment’. It is not clear why English …
23skirt — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skyrta shirt, kirtle more at shirt Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a free hanging part of an outer garment or undergarment extending from the waist down (2) a separate free hanging outer garment or… …
24skirt — 1. noun a) An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body. I like purple best, said Maida. And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. Its going to be lovely. Im going …
25skirt — n A girl or a woman. Hey, Rube, take a gander at the legs on that skirt over there. 1950s …
26skirt — Noun. A woman or women. Cf. bit of skirt . Derog …
27skirt — skÉœrt /skÉœËt n. woman s garment which hangs down from the waist; section of a piece of clothing that hangs down from the waist; periphery, outlying area; rim, border, edge; (Slang) woman, girl (derogatory) v. go around, bypass, circumvent;… …
28woman — n 1. female, she, lady, Scot. cummer, member of the gentle sex or fair sex; girl, maid, maiden, lass, lassie, miss, Irish, Eng. colleen; Inf. gal, Inf. petticoat, Sl. skirt, wench, Sl. dame, Sl. broad, Sl. chick, Inf. number, Inf. baggage;… …
29skirt — n a woman or girl, or females in general. A depersonalising term as used by males in the 20th century. The usage is much older, probably originating in the 1500s …
30skirt — n 1. kilt, dirndl, crinoline, Scot, and North Eng. jupe, (in Tahiti) lava lava, (in Tahiti) pareu; miniskirt, midiskirt, maxiskirt; All Inf. mini, midi, maxi. 2.Usu. skirts outskirts, outposts, outer limits, outlying districts; purlieu, perimeter …
