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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesskirting
Native Script:स्कर्टिंग
Pronunciation / Transliteration: skirting
"दीवार के निचले हिस्से में skirting लगाई गई है।"
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2 senses- 1
The architectural board running along the base of an interior wall, also known as a baseboard.
"The painters carefully applied gloss to the wooden skirting in the hallway."
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To go around or bypass the edge or border of something rather than dealing with it directly.
"The delivery truck spent an hour skirting the congested city center."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old Norse word 'skyrta', meaning shirt or kirtle, entering Middle English as 'skirten'. Over centuries, the meaning evolved from referring to the lower border of a garment to describing the action of going around an edge or perimeter, as well as interior architectural moldings.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Skirting" is said worldwide
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plinthe
Transliteration: plint
"Il faut repeindre les plinthes du salon."
Fußleiste
Transliteration: fuss-ly-stuh
"Die Fußleisten müssen noch montiert werden."
battiscopa
Transliteration: bat-ti-sko-pa
"Il battiscopa è coordinato con il pavimento in legno."
rodapié
Transliteration: ro-da-pye
"Compramos pintura blanca para el rodapié."
rodapé
Transliteration: ho-da-pe
"O carpinteiro instalou o rodapé na sala de estar."
skirting
Transliteration: skirting
Script: स्कर्टिंग
"दीवार के निचले हिस्से में skirting लगाई गई है।"
踢脚线
Transliteration: tī jiǎo xiàn
"木制踢脚线让房间看起来更整洁。"
걸레받이
Transliteration: geol-le-bat-ji
"거실 벽면 하단에 걸레받이를 시공했다."
幅木
Transliteration: habaki
"壁と床の接合部に幅木を取り付ける。"
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