Synonyms for kilt
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kilt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɪlt |
Top 10 synonyms for kilt Other synonyms for the word kilt
Définition of kilt
Origin :- "plaited tartan skirt," c.1730, from Middle English verb kilten "to tuck up" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish kilte op "to tuck up;" Old Norse kilting "shirt," kjalta "fold made by gathering up to the knees").
- As in skirt : noun ladies' garment that hangs from waist
- As in petticoat : noun underwear
- As in pleat : noun fold
- You have the kilt at every turn, in every tartan, and often in no tartan at all.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- He's up to his neck in Irish things, and speaks Gaelic and wears an Irish kilt.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- An' poor Tim was kilt the way he wouldn't tell o' the boys that did it.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- Oh, Biddy, Biddy, your darlint is going to be kilt entoirely!
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
- We have a way of belting on the kilt in real Argile I have seen nowhere else.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- But the thought of gettin' kilt before ever I'd made you Mrs. Murphy was too much for me.
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- (He had never anticipated any satisfaction in wearing a kilt).
- Extract from : « Major Vigoureux » by A. T. Quiller-Couch
- Oh, my weans, my weans, who'll care for you now when they've kilt your da?
- Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham
- The sarong is more to the Malay than is the kilt to the Scotchman.
- Extract from : « Tales of the Malayan Coast » by Rounsevelle Wildman
- Why, she actually tells me that the natives still wear the kilt!
- Extract from : « Freaks on the Fells » by R.M. Ballantyne
Antonyms for kilt
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