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kilt

 (kĭlt)
n.
1. A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands.
2. A similar skirt worn by women, girls, and boys.
tr.v. kilt·ed, kilt·ing, kilts
To tuck up (something) around the body.
[From kilt, to tuck up, from Middle English kilten, of Scandinavian origin.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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kilted

[ˈkɪltɪd] ADJ [man] → vestido con falda escocesa
kilted skirt → falda f escocesa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kilted

[ˈkɪltɪd] adj (man) → in kilt
a kilted skirt → un kilt m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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