skirtings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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 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
The partitions between the several walls were simply skirtings of planking covered with gold-leaf.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes
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
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
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