philibeg
Britishnoun
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This garb, which excited the attention and admiration of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, consisted of the truis, the kilted plaid, and philibeg.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
And she was right; for rather than wear anything instead of the philibeg, Duncan would have plaited himself one with his own blind fingers out of an old sack.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
Nor was the philibeg assumed merely for the convenience of the passage over the Esk.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
Not a person was to be seen, except one sickly emaciated creature, wearing a faded regimental coat over his tartan waistcoat and philibeg, who stood leaning against a tree with an aspect of hopeless dejection.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
I never understood that there was any presumed antiquity about the philibeg or kilt.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
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