A skirt is a garment worn from the waist downward that leaves the legs separate and uncovered, functioning as lower-body-only clothing without a bodice component. Parameters: (1) covers the body from waist to some length below (mini, midi, or maxi), (2) has no separate upper-body portion — distinguished from dresses by the absence of a connected bodice, (3) fastened at the waist via waistband, drawstring, or elastic. Persistence mechanism: fashion taxonomy maintained by textile industry standards, retail classification, and cultural dress norms that preserve skirt as a distinct category of lower garment.
Accepted ontology entry
skirt
A skirt is a garment worn from the waist downward that leaves the legs separate and uncovered, functioning as lower-body-only clothing without a bodice component. Parameters: (1) covers the body from waist to some length below (mini, midi,…
Definition
Why it is in scope
a type of clothing
Names and aliases
- skirten · CANONICAL
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- cmrzdsg9h0052fb7l86pkm77bINSTANCE_OF →
skirt IS a specific kind of garment: a lower-body covering worn on the body. 'a Y' test passes — one calls a skirt 'a garment'. Nearest kind.
- cmro5adi7040dd1nlkaptq0p7SERVES →
A skirt is designed and maintained FOR THE SAKE of providing clothing/covering. The servant (skirt) points at the master (clothing as its purpose).
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- Jul 18, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC
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