| 1. knee-length pleated skirt of tartan wool which is worn by men as part of the traditional dress of the Scottish Highlands. kiltkilt , p. p. from kill. [obs.]kilt kilt, n. [ogael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.] a kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the highlands of scotland by men, and in the lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [written also kelt.]kilt kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. kilting.] to tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [scot.] w. scott.kilt a knee-length pleated tartan skirt; worn by men in scottish highlands |