- 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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Origin of skirting
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The vehicles drove right over his fields at speed, tearing up the crops and skirting the fence by the family's garden.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
A debate over a Massachusetts law recently went viral when a resident of Marblehead, Mass., accused the town of skirting the law’s housing mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Just over a three-hour drive south, skirting the Rhine until you hit the Swiss border, heading into an Alpine gateway towards the turquoise waters of Lake Thun, footballing folklore is being scribed.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
The fleet is made up of ageing tankers that carry Russia's oil and gas around the world, skirting Western restrictions.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
The previous season, she had been so impressed by Prince’s talent on the field that she allowed him to get away with skirting the team rules.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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)
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)
They tapped the walls and sounded the skirtings, but without success.
From The Mystery of the Four Fingers by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
Plugs.—Prepare and tar for pisé-builder 3 in. by 1 in. well-seasoned softwood plugs, 15 in. long, as per detail, for skirtings, picture- and chair-rail, to be inserted 3 ft. apart.
From Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) by Williams-Ellis, Clough
You do the doors and windows, and let 'im do the cupboards and skirtings.'
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
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