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Meaning of skilts | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A kind of wide, coarse, short trousers worn in the USA around the 18th century.

US, dated, dialectal, historical, plural, plural-only

Examples

“The lad's skilts, through which were thrust his lean dry shanks, gave him a semblance to a peasant of Gascony on stilts.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

skilvings Skim skim coat skim milk skim pit skim through