skirting
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The vehicles drove right over his fields at speed, tearing up the crops and skirting the fence by the family's garden.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The fleet is made up of ageing tankers that carry Russia's oil and gas around the world, skirting Western restrictions.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
Mr Pearson recommended sealing gaps around skirting boards, letter boxes and even light fittings.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
China this summer sent a cargo ship to the Polish port of Gdansk by skirting the North Pole, a route twice as fast as travel times using the Suez Canal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
She stood up to go, and as she made her way toward the exit, skirting the borders of the dance floor, she saw the huntress in the crowd ahead of her.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Mouldings for panelling, cornices, skirtings, &c., are cut by revolving cutters or chisels, filed to any desired shape and case-hardened.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
They tapped the walls and sounded the skirtings, but without success.
From The Mystery of the Four Fingers by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
You do the doors and windows, and let 'im do the cupboards and skirtings.'
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
The tops of the skirtings, the mouldings of the doors, the sashes of the windows and the corners of the floors were thick with the accumulated dust of years.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
Coarse cloth of linen and wool used as skirtings by the British peasantry.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
