n. & v.
--n.
1. a skirtlike garment, usu. of pleated tartan cloth and reaching to the knees, as traditionally worn by Highland men.
2 a similar garment worn by women and children.
--v.tr.
1. tuck up (skirts) round the body.
2 (esp. as kilted adj.) gather in vertical pleats.
Derivatives:
kilted adj.
Etymology: orig. as verb: ME, of Scand. orig.