skirtn.[OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skrt a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]1. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.()2. A loose edging to any part of a dress.()A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece. (Addison.)3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything(Shak.)4. A petticoat.()5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.(Dunglison.)v. t.1. To cover with a skirt; to surround.()Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. (Milton.)2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.(Tennyson.)v. t. To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.()Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers. (S. S. Smith.)