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Synonyms for kilt

Most common

skirt filibeg philibeg

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.

Forms

Plural
kilts → skirts, filibegs, philibegs…

Example sentences

  • skirt She was clothed in a red blouse and a black skirt.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
kiltrising
skirtrising
philibegsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
skirt1
7 letters
filibeg
8 letters
philibeg