Meanings
nounskilts pl (plural only)
- USdateddialectalhistoricalpluralplural onlyA kind of wide, coarse, short trousers worn in the USA around the 18th century.
The lad's skilts, through which were thrust his lean dry shanks, gave him a semblance to a peasant of Gascony on stilts.
1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret: A Tale of the Real and Ideal, Blight and Bloom, page 22Synonyms: skilty-boots
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of wide, coarse, short trousers worn in the USA around the 18th century.
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skilts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilts
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“skilts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilts. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skilts,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skilts.
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