kilt
pronunciation
How to pronounce kilt in British English:
UK [kɪlt]
How to pronounce kilt in American English:
US [kɪlt]
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- Noun:
- a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men in the Highlands of northern Scotland
Word Origin
- kilt (n.)
- "plaited tartan skirt," c. 1730, from Middle English verb kilten "to tuck up" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish kilte op "to tuck up;" Old Norse kilting "shirt," kjalta "fold made by gathering up to the knees").
- kilt (v.)
- "to tuck up," mid-14c., of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte, Swedish kilta "to tuck up;" see kilt (n.). Related: Kilted; kilting.
Example
- 1. He was wearing a roman kilt and laurel wreath .
- 2. You look like you were swallowed by a kilt .
- 3. Pundits have revelled in painting him as a traditional zulu leader out of kilt with modern politics .
- 4. Did you get me a kilt ?
- 5. Reading ---- the scotland man in kilt .