Skirted
/ˈskɜːr.tɪd/noun
Wore or had a skirt; also moved around the edge of something or avoided it.
Did you know?“Skirt” comes from an Old Norse word for a garment that literally meant a short cloak or tunic, and English later turned it into a verb for moving around the outer edge of something.
Etymological Timeline
Old Norse
ON
skyrta
“a shirt or tunic-like garment”
Old English
OE
scyrte
“a shirt or short garment”
Middle English
ME
skirt
“a garment hanging from the waist; later, the edge or border of something”
Late Middle English
ME
skirten
“to surround, border, or move around the edge of”
Modern English
English
skirted
“moved around the edge of something; wore or was fitted with a skirt”