1
: a knee-length pleated skirt usually of tartan worn by men in Scotland and by Scottish regiments in the British armies
2
: a garment that resembles a Scottish kilt
kilted; kilting; kilts
1
chiefly dialectal
: to tuck up (something, such as a skirt)
2
: to equip with a kilt
: to move nimbly
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Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Britney Spears will never not exist in the public imagination as a nubile teen in a schoolgirl kilt.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
As the now Emmy-winning host of the U.S. edition of The Traitors, Cumming has established himself as a style icon, playing an exaggerated lord of a Scottish manor complete with traditional bonnets, kilts, and more Tartan print than the human eye was ever meant to behold at once.
—Them, 9 Oct. 2024
The final picture showed McKidd wearing a kilt alongside Neil and his mother Kathleen.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Quanta spoke with Cai about programming life, reading and writing the genome like a book, and how wearing a kilt in a New England winter marked a turning point in his career.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
Britney Spears will never not exist in the public imagination as a nubile teen in a schoolgirl kilt.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
As the now Emmy-winning host of the U.S. edition of The Traitors, Cumming has established himself as a style icon, playing an exaggerated lord of a Scottish manor complete with traditional bonnets, kilts, and more Tartan print than the human eye was ever meant to behold at once.
—Them, 9 Oct. 2024
The final picture showed McKidd wearing a kilt alongside Neil and his mother Kathleen.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Kilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilt. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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