Skirt I Woman Middle Part Noun Skɜːt Skɜːrt

• a short/long/pleated/denim skirt
• i never wear skirts.
• a woman in a blue skirt and white blouse
• she tucked up her voluminous skirts to make room for jane beside her.

skirt

1. a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that hangs from the middle part of the body
• SEE ALSO grass skirt
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/grass-skirt
• a short/long/pleated/denim skirt
• I never wear skirts.
• a woman in a blue skirt and white blouse

Extra Examples

• a green jacket with a matching skirt
• The skirt falls just above the knee.
• I lifted the hem of my skirt.
• She sat down, smoothing her skirt.
• She was wearing a short denim skirt.
• She wore the plaid skirt that was the uniform of her private school.
• I've worn both skirt suits and pant suits to interviews.
2. the part of a dress, coat, etc. that hangs below the middle part of the body
• She tucked up her voluminous skirts to make room for Jane beside her.
3. an outer layer that covers and protects the base of a vehicle or machine
• the rubber skirt around the bottom of a hovercraft

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.