- present participle of skirt.
skirting
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They moved between wildlife strongholds, skirting areas containing major human obstacles, including the capital, Lusaka, and heavily developed industrial areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The comments came as transit through Hormuz has dropped significantly, with Iran targeting ships it accuses of skirting its preferred route through Iranian waters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
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 two-lane loop threads its way among forests and A-frames and cabins, skirting the waters of June Lake and the lake’s village, which is only a few blocks long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
She was pointing into the moat, and I followed her finger and could see the little garter snake skirting along the surface, swimming beneath a floodlight’s skirt.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
The partitions between the several walls were simply skirtings of planking covered with gold-leaf.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes
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 L. Arnoux
The country about this Fort is almost entirely prairie, producing along the banks of the river and streams only, slight skirtings of timber....
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell
You do the doors and windows, and let 'im do the cupboards and skirtings.'
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
Goods manufactured under this classification include cotton warp checks and mixtures; all wool homespuns, mixture coatings and suitings, storm skirtings, rainproof cloths.
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 William H. (William Henry) Dooley
