skirts

Noun

skirt (countable and uncountable, plural skirts)

1. A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
   • "I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaited skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band of galloon under a white cloth collar with two rows of—"c. 1907, O. Henry, The Purple Dress
2. A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
   • The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.1885, Ada S. Ballin, chapter XI, in The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice
3. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
   • A narrow lace, or a small skirt of fine ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.July 27, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian no. 118
4. A petticoat.
5. (derogatory, slang) A woman.
   • "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt."
     "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle.
     "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin'...1931, Robert E. Howard, Alleys of Peril
6. (UK, colloquial, uncountable) Women collectively, in a sexual context.

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