skirting

English

Verb

skirting

1. present participle of skirt

Noun

skirting (countable and uncountable, plural skirtings)

1. skirting board
2. skirts collectively; material for skirts
3. The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.
   • 1982, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research

     […] superficial: many of their descriptions, together with their own candid and often amusing comments and reactions, are well worth noting and reflecting upon; their skirtings around the laws of defamation are a joy to read and a lesson to us all; […]

Anagrams

• striking