The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kilting \Kilt"ing\, n. (Dressmaking) A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.
Kilt \Kilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Kilting.]
To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.]
--Sir W.
Scott.
Wiktionary
n. A method of vertically arranging flat plaits such that each plait is folded so as to cover half the of the one before it. vb. (present participle of kilt English)
Usage examples of "kilting".
Then sadly and noiselessly they stole in amongst the people and laid their corn wands down amongst the trays, and laid their white broidered garments thereon, as mothers lay soft kilting over their babes.
Then sadly and noiselessly they stole in amongst the people and laid their corn wands down amongst the trays, and laid their white broidered garments thereupon, as mothers lay soft kilting over their babes.
Still she looked so small, kilting up her robe so she could run faster, that involuntarily he followed.
She stepped back into the smelly dust cloud that hung over the road, kilting up her skirts into her belt as she had seen the farm women do, and resumed her tired walk north.