Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
SKIRT
I. noun see: shirt
Date: 14th century
1. a. a free-hanging part of an outer garment or undergarment extending from the waist down, a separate free-hanging outer garment or undergarment usually worn by women and girls covering some or all of the body from the waist down, either of two usually leather flaps on a saddle covering the bars on which the stirrups are hung, a cloth facing that hangs from the bottom edge or across the front of a piece of furniture, the lower branches of a tree when near the ground,
2. the rim, periphery, or environs of an area, outlying parts (as of a town or city), a part or attachment serving as a rim, border, or edging, a girl or woman, skirted adjective
II. verb
Date: 1602
transitive verb to form or run along the border or edge of ; border ,
2. to provide a skirt for, to furnish a border or shield for,
3. to go or pass around or about, to avoid especially because of difficulty or fear of controversy , to evade or miss by a narrow margin , intransitive verb to be, lie, or move along an edge or border, skirter noun