skirtinggerund / present participle Used as a descriptive participial adjective meaning bordering or following the edge of something.
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Bordering or following the outer edge of something; marginal. They chose a skirting path that wound around the base of the mountain.
Attributive use of the noun, as in ‘skirting board’.
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Relating to or constituting a baseboard covering the joint between a wall and the floor (used before a noun). The carpenter replaced the damaged skirting board.