kilting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kilting
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Then sadly and noiselessly they stole in amongst the people and laid their corn wands down amongst the trays, and laid their white broidered garments thereupon, as mothers lay soft kilting over their babes.
From Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson
Hazel, kilting her skirt in both hands, had run with them.
From The Rider of Golden Bar by William Patterson White
Won't I have a black silk suit as thick as a board, with fifteen yards in the kilting?
From The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
“Oh, no, Joseph; I don’t believe they do,” cried Mrs Portlock, plaiting away at her apron, so as to produce the effect since become fashionable under the name of kilting.
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn
Then sadly and noiselessly they stole in amongst the people and laid their corn wands down amongst the trays, and laid their white broidered garments thereon, as mothers lay soft kilting over their babes.
From Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest by Katharine Berry Judson
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