noun
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a border, esp of wood or tiles, fixed round the base of an interior wall to protect it from kicks, dirt, etc
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material used or suitable for skirts
Etymology
Origin of skirting
Example Sentences
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It lays out what’s required to get generous tax breaks on sales, and it also shows just how deep the IRS can dig if it suspects taxpayers are skirting the law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Ella lives in the “state,” she runs afoul of the “party,” but skirting these details feels too timid.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
Ships like these are allegedly cogs in a maritime smuggling network known as the "shadow fleet", skirting sanctions by passing themselves off as cargo vessels on legitimate business.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
A way of laundering legitimacy and skirting costly courtroom battles for pennies on the dollar.
From Slate • Nov. 3, 2025
They’d march north for a time, then east, then north again, skirting the villages, no one talking except in whispers.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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