Highland dress
Britishnoun
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the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
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a modern version of this worn for formal occasions
Example Sentences
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The property was decked out in tartan, and Violet bought bagpipes and wore Highland dress.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
It included a ban on the wearing of tartan in the form of Highland dress, which the government regarded to be the uniform of the Jacobites.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
When they did the following day, the full-back Marquitos disembarking the plane in full Highland dress, a fleet of white convertibles awaited them.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2020
A surreal scene: Two men in full Scottish Highland dress, with kilts and sporrans, were allowed through to go to a wedding, they said.
From Fox News ● Dec. 8, 2018
Next comes the Highland fling, danced in Highland dress, to the wild “skirl” of the great Highland bagpipe.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
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