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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Etymology
Origin of skirting
Example Sentences
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If nocturnes are the center of Ms. Tomes’s book, night music, broadly conceived, is the topic skirting the edges.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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
Soon we were crossing the Missouri River, roaring through forest and skirting naked farmland where this year’s corn crop had just been cut.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
Ships like these are allegedly cogs in a maritime smuggling network known as the "shadow fleet", skirting sanctions by passing themselves off as cargo vessels on legitimate business.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
They had been ambling toward the river, skirting the cornfield, and had reached the grassy bank where they often fished together.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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