[
UK
/skˈɜːtɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈskɝtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈskɝtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
being all around the edges; enclosing
his encircling arms
the room's skirting board needs painting
How To Use skirting In A Sentence
- The new film just seems to be skirting round things; it hasn't been brave enough.
- Legislation is needed because existing criminal law does not adequately address upskirting. Times, Sunday Times
- Skirting the village, the group crossed a little canal and came under intense mortar fire.
- Walls are white, offset with bright yellow doors and skirtings.
- Of course under some circumstances you find yourself skirting the edge of obscurantism.
- By the end, players will find themselves skirting around gaping chasms and outracing avalanches while being battered senseless by Mother Nature's best.
- Each unit has kitchen and toilet facilities, together with lighting, heating and three-compartment skirting trucking for maximum flexibility.
- The time seems to have come for Japan to stop skirting this essential question.
- Some said they were victims of upskirting or had photographs taken down their tops. The Sun
- It's possible Doc sought to ride us round them, skirting their flank without looking left nor right to acknowledge their being there.