filibeg

American

[fil-uh-beg] / ˈfɪl əˌbɛg /

Or philibeg

noun

the kilt or pleated skirt worn by Scottish Highlanders.

filibeg British

/ ˈfɪlɪˌbɛɡ /

noun

the kilt worn by Scottish Highlanders

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Etymology

Origin of filibeg

1740–50; < Scots Gaelic, equivalent to feile kilt + beag little

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filibeg

He is the brawny Highland warrior, with buckled tartan flung across his shoulder, gay in pointed plume and filibeg.

From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Louis Aubrey Wood

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