1. skirt - Noun
2. skirt - Verb
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.
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
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.
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The boat skirted the coast Source: Internet