kelty (0 synonym found)

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Definition of kelty:

°Traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
°(historical) Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid;.
°To gather up part of a long garment, and hold it with a tuck, belt, pin, etc., in order to make it shorter.

Definition of kelty:

°Traditional Scottish garment, usually worn by men, having roughly the same morphology as a wrap-around skirt, with overlapping front aprons and pleated around the sides and back, and usually made of twill-woven worsted wool with a tartan pattern.
°(historical) Any Scottish garment from which the above lies in a direct line of descent, such as the philibeg, or the great kilt or belted plaid;.
°To gather up part of a long garment, and hold it with a tuck, belt, pin, etc., in order to make it shorter.

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