skirtings

British  

/ ˈskɜːtɪŋz /

plural noun

1. ragged edges trimmed from the fleece of a sheep

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Example Sentences

The country about this Fort is almost entirely prairie, producing along the banks of the river and streams only, slight skirtings of timber....

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

The walls of the staircase are covered with a sort of plaster called stucco, but closely resembling road-scrapings: the skirtings are of pitch-pine, the balusters of the same material.

From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

Coarse cloth of linen and wool used as skirtings by the British peasantry.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

Goods manufactured under this classification include cotton warp checks and mixtures; all wool homespuns, mixture coatings and suitings, storm skirtings, rainproof cloths.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

The tops of the skirtings, the mouldings of the doors, the sashes of the windows and the corners of the floors were thick with the accumulated dust of years.

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert