noun a petticoat.
2. skirt ·noun the diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
3. skirt ·noun a loose edging to any part of a dress.
4. skirt ·vt to cover with a skirt; to surround.
5. skirt ·vt to be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.
6. skirt ·noun border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
7. skirt ·vt to border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
8. skirt ·noun the lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.