What is the meaning of skirting?

verb

• Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues. )
  • usage: "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
  • synonyms: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
• Pass around or about; move along the border.
  • usage: "The boat skirted the coast"
  • synonyms: skirt
• Form the edge of.
  • synonyms: skirt
• Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
  • usage: "The forest surrounds my property"
  • synonyms: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border

adjective

• Being all around the edges; enclosing.
  • usage: "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting"
  • synonyms: encircling