'Skirting' definitions:

Definition of 'skirting'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn: encircling(a), skirting(a)]

Definition of 'Skirting'

From: GCIDE
  • Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.]
  • 1. To cover with a skirt; to surround. [1913 Webster]
  • Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees. "When sundown skirts the moor." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Skirting'

From: GCIDE
  • Skirting \Skirt"ing\, n.
  • 1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. [1913 Webster]
  • Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard. [1913 Webster]