Definition of "skirting" [skirt•ing]

• Present participle of skirt. (verb)
• Skirting board (noun)
• Skirts collectively; material for skirts (noun)

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• "He fared on days and nights over the Second Sea, till he came to a great mountain skirting which ran a Wady without end, the stones whereof were magnetic iron and its beasts, lions and hares and panthers."
• "They say that on the way to Trinkitat several of them were passed, and great care had to be taken in skirting alongside."
• "Even if you're not old enough to remember The Jetsons cartoons or Doc Brown's flying DeLorean from the Back to the Future movies, the idea of skirting above the rooftops in your very own aerial sedan is still mighty appealing."