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
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
Other measures were the Disarming Act, the prohibition to wear the Highland dress, and the abolition of “hereditable jurisdictions,” and the chief’s right to call out his clansmen in arms.
From A Short History of Scotland by Lang, Andrew
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