the lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.-a loose edging to any part of a dress.-border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything-a petticoat.-the diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.-to cover with a skirt; to surround.-to border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.-to be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.