skirting

[skur-ting]

noun

1. fabric for making skirts.

2. Often skirtings. low-grade wool and foreign matter removed from the outer edges of fleece.

3. Also called skirting board. British.,  baseboard.

skirting

/ ˈskɜːtɪŋ /

noun

1. a border, esp of wood or tiles, fixed round the base of an interior wall to protect it from kicks, dirt, etc

2. material used or suitable for skirts

Word History and Origins

Origin of skirting¹

First recorded in 1680–90; skirt + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The image-conscious two-way player doesn’t like to say to reporters directly that he won’t speak, as doing so after, say, a hitless game could make him look as if he is skirting accountability.

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"It started really with DIY items, wallpaper strippers, ladders, drills, your usual kind of thing. As I got further into my DIY, I started to borrow the mitre saw to do the skirting boards."

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From down in the fairway, it resembles a giant draught excluder, skirting the back of the tee and adjacent 18th green.

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Some fake tanners are even using masking tape - the type I use on my skirting boards - to create that crisp line across their skin.

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For 35 years, Cruise’s super spy Ethan Hunt and his rotating, crackerjack team of rogue agents have been saving the world from annihilation time and time again, skirting death by a hair each time.

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Related Words

• adjacent 
• adjoining 
• neighboring