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Skirting

noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    being all around the edges; enclosing wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Skirting boards collectively. countable, uncountable

    "Challenger looked up at the cornice and round at the skirting."

  2. 2
    skirts collectively; material for skirts countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it. countable, uncountable

    "[…] superficial: many of their descriptions, together with their own candid and often amusing comments and reactions, are well worth noting and reflecting upon; their skirtings around the laws of defamation are a joy to read and a lesson to us all; […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of skirt form-of, gerund, participle, present

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