vbl. sb. [f. KILT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. KILT; the act of girding or tucking up, or of plaiting like a kilt; the result of this. Also attrib., as kilting-belt, -machine.
1521. Churchw. Acc. St. Michaels, York (Nichols, 1797), 309. Pd for Kilting Belts 1d.
1721. Kelly, Sc. Prov., 300, note. Women, when they go to Work, truss up their Petticoats with a Belt, and this they call their Kilting.
1880. Cassell’s Mag., June, 441. Kiltings are yielding to box-plaits.
1884. West. Morn. News, 9 Aug., 1/3. Kilting machine, workroom tables.
