Associations to the word «Skirting»

Wiktionary

SKIRTING, verb. Present participle of skirt
SKIRTING, noun. Skirting board
SKIRTING, noun. Skirts collectively; material for skirts
SKIRTING BOARD, noun. (UK) (AU) (NZ) (finish carpentry) (interior decorating) A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure.
SKIRTING BOARDS, noun. Plural of skirting board

Dictionary definition

SKIRTING, adjective. Being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats