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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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
Such was her fame that she was invited to represent Scotland at the US Bicentennial celebrations in 1976 where she paraded in full Highland dress.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2015
Hidden under Celtic colouring and Highland dress, the Viking warrior is there in spirit, glorying in battle, though often apparently no more of a real "Barelegs" by race than was kilted King Magnus.
From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James
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