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• By contrast, the shendyt kilt is well attested on Egyptian sculptures of all periods.2021 July 19, Giorgia Cafici, The Egyptian Elite as Roman Citizens: Looking at Ptolemaic Private Portraiture, BRILL, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry shendyt
• The Heathers are all kilts, scrunchies, and shoulder pads, jostling alongside the letterman-jacketed homophobic jocks.2018 September 14, Sarah Carson, “Heathers the Musical: wildly funny and in deliciously bad taste”, in i, London, archived from the…. From the entry letterman-jacketed
• But others wanted their picture taken with him, asking where they could get their own kilts.2007 August 19, Nick Miroff, “Kilt Shop Reveals A Loyal Clientele Itching to Be Free”, in Washington Post, retrieved 16 Feb 2018. From the entry bust on
• Just put a kilt on him and give him a telephone pole to toss.1993 August 8, Joan Shields, “chapeaux”, in rec.arts.books (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 Jun 2026. From the entry Glasgowian
• Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry tam
• Shoulda kilt 'em all and buried 'em where.2016, Lisa Wingate, The Carolina Heirlooms Collection. From the entry looksome
• Leith wore a red and gray kilt, red tie, white oxford shirt, and a gray kilt jacket left open.2016, Hannah Reed, Dressed to Kilt, page 42. From the entry kilt jacket
• "Those who say I kilt anybody are liars," he proclaimed.1988, Randy Russell, Janet Barnett, “Dead Dan's Shadow on the Wall”, in Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North…. From the entry haint
• She is telling them about Jaeger man-tailored shorts, kilted shorts and short shorts, and about the shirt-maker tennis dresses.1935 April 9, “Jaeger House [advertisement]”, in The Times, page 14. From the entry short shorts
• Someone had said he'd look a god in kilts.a. 1918, Wilfred Owen, Disabled. From the entry god
• An organist wigged out like Rick Wakeman, the diamante lapels of Humza Yousaf’s kilt jacket sparkled, and out in the Mall, the procession began.2023 May 6, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian. From the entry wig out
• The gift store sells everything to help accessorize your kilt, from sporrans (leather pouches) and sgians dubh (daggers) to special socks and shoes.2011, John Elliston, Kent Priestley, updated and revised by Constance E. Richards, “The Mountains”, in North Carolina Curiosities: Quirky…. From the entry sgian dubh
• In Scottish regiments the Glengarry bonnet was worn by all, while the highland regiments still maintained the kilt as a suitable netherwear for active service.2003, Mike Chappell, The British Army in World War I. From the entry netherwear
• His legs at a 45' angle, yet the kilt is hanging down low enough to be resting on his leg, no camera angle involved.2001 April 28, Who?, “Quebec Riots”, in rec.music.makers.bagpipe (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Nov 2025. From the entry skirtie
• Gwyllum Evans, as a kilted Dr.1973 June 21, Paul Dellinger, “Barter’s ‘The Hostage’ Combines Stage Ploys”, in The Roanoke Times, volume 173, number 172, Roanoke, Va.…. From the entry Dr. Watsonish
• And proud, not only of her be-toppered husband and kilted son, but of this whole mad, delightful family into which she had married.1965, Eric Malpass, Morning’s at Seven, page 129. From the entry be-toppered
• Underneath was a broad girdle of heavy leather and metal plates, from which hung thigh guards and a kind of braconniere, a kilt of chain mail.2018, Philip Nowlan, The Prince of Mars Returns, Jovian Press, →ISBN. From the entry braconniere
• I wouldn't think twice about taking off my trousers and putting on the miniest kilt imaginable and dancing a lively Scottish jig in the centre of any big, crowded place!2004, Eugene Tuohy, A Favour Off the Dead, page 126. From the entry miniest

Meaning of kilt

1. verb To gather up (skirts) around the body.
2. noun A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
3. noun Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid.

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How do you use kilt in a sentence?

Kilt is used as a verb and noun. For example: “By contrast, the shendyt kilt is well attested on Egyptian sculptures of all periods.”

What is a short sentence with kilt?

“Gwyllum Evans, as a kilted Dr.”

What does kilt mean?

Kilt means to gather up (skirts) around the body.