Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Skirting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skirted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Skirting}.]
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.
``When sundown skirts the moor.'' --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skirting \Skirt"ing\, n.
1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.]
2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
{Skirting board}, the board running around a room on the wall
next the floor; baseboard.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skirting
adj : being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling
arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn:
{encircling(a)}, {skirting(a)}]
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