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KILT

8 pts

/kɪlt/

Extended Definitions

noun

  1. A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
  2. Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid
  3. A plaid, pleated school uniform skirt sometimes structured as a wrap around, sometimes pleated throughout the entire circumference; also used as boys' wear in 19th century USA.

verb

  1. To gather up (skirts) around the body.

verb

Valid NWL (US) Scrabble Word

Dictionary Definition

to make creases or pleats in

Letter Values

K5
I1
L1
T1
= 8