skirtings

British  

/ ˈskɜːtɪŋz /

plural noun

1. ragged edges trimmed from the fleece of a sheep

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Example Sentences

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)

You do the doors and windows, and let 'im do the cupboards and skirtings.'

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert

They tapped the walls and sounded the skirtings, but without success.

From The Mystery of the Four Fingers by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

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)

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 Bushnell, David Ives