kilting

American  

[kil-ting] / ˈkɪl tɪŋ /

noun

1. an arrangement of kilt pleats.

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Etymology

Origin of kilting

First recorded in 1515–25; kilt + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“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 Fenn, George Manville

Won't I have a black silk suit as thick as a board, with fifteen yards in the kilting?

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

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 Judson, Katharine Berry

Hazel, kilting her skirt in both hands, had run with them.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson

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 Judson, Katharine Berry