Thesaurus / skirting
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synonyms for skirting
See also synonyms for: skirtings
- incidental
- lateral
- oblique
- postern
- roundabout
- secondary
- subordinate
- subsidiary
- ancillary
- indirect
- lesser
- marginal
- not the main
- off-center
- sidelong
- sideward
- superficial
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The walls were painted blue, the skirting almost a third of the height, and so wide at the top as to form a narrow shelf.
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGEPresently they ascended a clay bluff a hundred feet high, skirting its edge where it was free from timber.
GOLD-SEEKING ON THE DALTON TRAILARTHUR R. THOMPSONThey were now skirting the borders of the lake, and their bright dresses were reflected like painted shadows in the still water.
THE RAKE'S PROGRESSMARJORIE BOWENWe proceeded moderately and sedately upon our shining way, skirting the sapphire sea, dotted here and there with green islands.
ITALIAN DAYS AND WAYSANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTONAway out in front of the regiment ran a little creek, skirting the hill on which the rebels were massed.
SI KLEGG, BOOK 2 (OF 6)JOHN MCELROYThere is but a slight skirting of forest, which denotes to the distant spectator the locality of this creek.
EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1748-1846, VOLUME XVIVARIOUSWe then steered for the course, not by the high road, but skirting it along the fields.
MYSTIC LONDON:CHARLES MAURICE DAVIESCautiously skirting the fences, they at last pulled up a few feet from a dark wall.
TALES OF THE ARGONAUTSBRET HARTEScott passed around Lake Chalco to the southwest, and thence moved west skirting the south shore.
A HISTORY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, YEAR BY YEAREDWIN EMERSONHere we turned away toward the north, skirting the marshes and after several days arriving at what I have called Long Lake.
BEFORE ADAMJACK LONDONWORDS RELATED TO SKIRTING
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