Forms of the Kilt

The name 'kilt' is applied to a range of garments:

* the traditional Scottish garment, either in its historical form, or in the modern adaptation now usual in Scotland (cf. History of the kilt), usually in a tartan pattern
* the Irish kilt, based on the Scottish garment but traditionally made in a single (solid) colour [1]
* variants of the Scottish kilt adopted in other Celtic nations, such as the Welsh cilt and the Cornish cilt
* other skirt-like garments designed for men, but more or less different in structure from the Scottish kilt, including "Contemporary kilts"
* certain types of pleated wrapover skirt worn as school uniform by girls.

According to the OED, the noun derives from a verb to kilt, originally meaning "to gird up; to tuck up (the skirts) round the body", itself of Scandinavian origin.