The lower and loose part of a coat or other garment; the part below the waist; as the skirt of a coat or mantle. 7 Samuel 15:27.

The edge of any part of dress.

Border; edge; margin; extreme part; as the skirt of a forest; the skirt of a town.

Awoman’s garment like a petticoat.

The diaphragm or midriff in animals. To spread the skirt over, in Scripture, to take under one’s care and protection Ruth 3:9.

To border; to form the border or edge; or to run along the edge; as a plain skirted by rows of trees; a circuit skirted round with wood.

To be on the border; to live near the extremity. Savages--who skirt along our western frontiers.