ghillie
Americannoun
noun
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a type of tongueless shoe with lacing up the instep, originally worn by the Scots
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a variant spelling of gillie
Etymology
Origin of ghillie
1590–1600; see gillie; apparently a type of shoe originally worn by Scottish hunting guides
Example Sentences
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The medallion of venison on my plate came from a deer shot by one of the restaurant’s waiters who spends summers as a ghillie, a hunting and fishing guide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
His filthy clothes were torn into vertical strips, like one of the ghillie suits hunters and military snipers use for camouflage.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
A ghillie suit, a full-body camouflage suit worn by hunters or military snipers.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
Two leaps and 15 minutes later, a seven-pound spring salmon was netted by Dave Duffy, the ghillie who rowed me around Finlough, the smaller of Delphi’s two lakes on the Bundorragha River.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2011
Why," he rated Red Murdo, "you can neither steal nor lie, as a Highland gentleman's ghillie should.
From The Black Colonel by Milne, James
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