- present participle of skirt.
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
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It has been facing immense public scrutiny as it has struggled to deal with AI models breaking out of contained spaces and sometimes skirting human instructions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
European leaders, who have accused Russia of brazen assaults on their soil, contend with strikes on ships skirting their waters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
From Fair Isle knitting to spinning, fleece preparation, weaving, lace knitting to wool skirting, there is a huge range for visitors to discover.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
With the leak's Maryland location upriver from Washington, much of it found its way to the waters skirting the US capital.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
The simplicity of the remark unhinged his brother who went by a wall and found something of interest in the skirting board which he worried with the tip of his shoe.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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 William H. (William Henry) Dooley
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 William H. (William Henry) Dooley
They tapped the walls and sounded the skirtings, but without success.
From The Mystery of the Four Fingers by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
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 Robert Tressell
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 David Ives Bushnell
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