- present participle of skirt.
skirting
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European leaders, who have accused Russia of brazen assaults on their soil, contend with strikes on ships skirting their waters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
They moved between wildlife strongholds, skirting areas containing major human obstacles, including the capital, Lusaka, and heavily developed industrial areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Reports, including in technology outlet The Information, say DeepSeek has been skirting a US ban on the export of top-end chips to China to train its new V4 model.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
The two-lane loop threads its way among forests and A-frames and cabins, skirting the waters of June Lake and the lake’s village, which is only a few blocks long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
For safety’s sake I kept away from the road, skirting behind the cottages, moving quietly along the back lanes.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
Mouldings for panelling, cornices, skirtings, &c., are cut by revolving cutters or chisels, filed to any desired shape and case-hardened.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux
Coarse cloth of linen and wool used as skirtings by the British peasantry.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
Goods manufactured under this classification include cotton warp checks and mixtures; all wool homespuns, mixture coatings and suitings, storm skirtings, rainproof cloths.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
The partitions between the several walls were simply skirtings of planking covered with gold-leaf.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Archibald Forbes
The tops of the skirtings, the mouldings of the doors, the sashes of the windows and the corners of the floors were thick with the accumulated dust of years.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
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