Skirt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.] 1. To
cover with a skirt; to surround.
Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold.
Milton.
2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of;
as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. "When sundown skirts the
moor." Tennyson.
Skirt, v. t. To be on the border; to live near the border, or
extremity.
Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers.
S. S. Smith.