subs. (hunting).—1. See quot.; whence (2) a hunter who does not ride straight to hounds, but make short cuts: cf. SHIRKER.
1840. D. P. BLAINE, An Encyclopædia of Rural Sports, 386. A hound that has a habit of running wide of the pack is called a SKIRTER.
d. 1875. C. KINGSLEY, Go Hark! Leave cravens and SKIRTERS to dangle behind.
