skirting

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of skirt

noun

1. Skirting boards collectively.
   The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut. 1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 36
2. skirts collectively; material for skirts
3. The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.
   […] 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; […] 1982, Journal of the Society for Psychical Research