— kiltlike , adj.
/kilt/ , n.
1. any short, pleated skirt, esp. a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
v.t.
2. to draw or tuck up, as the skirt, about oneself.
3. to provide (a skirt) with kilt pleats.
[ 1300-50; ME kylte, perh. kilte to tuck up ]