bib vs skirt

bib

noun
  • An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating. 

  • A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race. 

  • A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat. 

  • A bibb (bibcock). 

  • Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem. 

  • The upper part of an apron or overalls. 

  • A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities. 

  • Shorts which are held up by suspenders. 

  • A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod. 

verb
  • To dress (somebody) in a bib. 

  • To beep (e.g. a car horn). 

skirt

noun
  • An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body. 

  • The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist. 

  • Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything. 

  • The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals 

  • A petticoat. 

  • Women collectively, in a sexual context. 

  • A woman. 

  • Sexual intercourse with a woman. 

  • A loose edging to any part of a dress. 

verb
  • To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something). 

  • To be on or form the border of. 

  • To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of. 

  • To cover with a skirt; to surround. 

How often have the words bib and skirt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )