ballet skirt
tutu | very short skirt worn by ballerinas |
| full skirt | a long skirt gathered at the waist |
| gathered skirt | a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist |
| grass skirt | a skirt made of long blades of grass |
| hobble skirt | a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn betweenand |
| skirt | a garment hanging from the waist, worn mainly by girls and women |
| skirt | cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist |
| skirt of tasses | armor plate that protects the body below the waist |
| Bast | cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess, represents life-giving power of the sun |
dame
doll
wench
skirt
chick
bird | informal terms for a (young) woman |
wolf
woman chaser
skirt chaser
masher | a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women |
Cuban bast
blue mahoe
mahoe majagua mahagua Hibiscus elatus | erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orangeed flowers, yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks |
Raffia
genus Raffia
Raphia
genus Raphia | feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes |
raffia palm
Raffia farinifera
Raffia ruffia | a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks |
| raffia | fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets |
jupati
jupaty
jupati palm
Raffia taedigera | a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes |
| bamboo palm Raffia vinifera | a palm of the genus Raffia |
annulus
skirt | (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar |
phloem
bast | (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed, consists primarily of sieve tubes |
| bast bast fiber | strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants |
raffia
raphia | leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree, used to make baskets and mats etc. |
b hedge
fudge
evade
put off circumvent
parry
elude
skirt
dodge
duck
sidestep | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues), He dodged the issue, she skirted the problem, They tend to evade their responsibilities, he evaded the questions skillfully |
surround
environ
ring skirt
border | extend on all sides of simultaneously, encircle, The forest surrounds my property |
| skirt | pass around or about, move along the border, The boat skirted the coast |
| skirt | form the edge of |