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n. [ OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up. ] A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [ Written also kelt. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting. ] To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having on a kilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plaited after the manner of kilting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Tucked or fastened up; -- said of petticoats, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gael. & Ir. cealt clothes, Gael. cealltair spear, castle, cause, Prov. E. kilter tool, instrument. Cf. Kilt. ] Regular order or proper condition. Same as kelter, but kilter is the more common spelling in the U. S. Used chiefly in the phrase out of kilter, meaning out of order or irregular in some manner. [ Also spelled kelter. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Dressmaking) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]