Skirting
['skɝtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirt
(n.) A skirting board.
(n.) Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
Edited by Francine
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Skirting-board.
Checker: Ronnie
Examples
- From Valencia, the homeward course will be continued, skirting along the coast of Spain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sometimes, we strike into the skirting mud, to avoid the stones that clatter us and shake us; sometimes, we stick in ruts and sloughs there. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I already knew that the papers were probably in the room, but I had no desire to rip up all the planking and skirting in search of them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible; its broad disk just skirting the horizon, and diffusing a perpetual splendour. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We spent one pleasant day skirting along the Isles of Greece. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Skirting its southern border rises Little Hermon, over whose summit a glimpse of Gilboa is caught. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Darrell