skirtage

Noun

skirtage (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) Skirts, collectively.
   • ... skirtage at knee length.2001, Gayle V. Fischer, Pantaloons & Power: A Nineteenth-century Dress Reform in the United States, Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 170
   • ... skirtage could be tricky. Sitting down had to be re-learned if you were not to expose too much of yourself. A discreet lift of the back of the skirt worked; this could be achieved with a flick of the hips that made the crinoline bounce[…]2014 October 6, Ruth Goodman, How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN