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Definition of Kilting
1. n. A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.
Definition of Kilting
1. Verb. (present participle of kilt) ¹
2. Noun. A method of vertically arranging flat plaits such that each plait is folded so as to cover half the of the one before it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kilting
1. an arrangement of kilt pleats [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilting
Literary usage of Kilting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger by Richard Lander, John Lander (1833)
"... Method of kilting Elephants—Married Slaves—Their Treatment—Permission for
Departure requested—El ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"——Their bare preaching now Makes the thrush-bush keep the cow, Better than Scots
or English king* Could do by kilting them with strings. ..."
3. The Woman's Gazette, Or News about Work by Louisa M. Hubbard (1878)
"On the contrary, gigantic ' kilting ' is the style of many dresses, and some of
the most becoming of these short walking skirts are made of material folded ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The rule that a person has the right to kill to prevent the commission of an
atrocious crime, where he acted in good faith and such a kilting was necessary ..."
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