circle skirt

noun

A skirt cut in sections to make one or more circles with a hole for the waist, so the skirt is very full but hangs smoothly from the waist without darts, pleats, or gathers.

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Meanings

nouncircle skirt (plural circle skirts)

plural circle skirts

  1. A skirt cut in sections to make one or more circles with a hole for the waist, so the skirt is very full but hangs smoothly from the waist without darts, pleats, or gathers.

Origin

Because the garment is manufactured by cutting a central circle out of a larger, circular piece of fabric.

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APA

circle skirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circle%20skirt

MLA

“circle skirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circle%20skirt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circle skirt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circle%20skirt.

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