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    Gaelic names for old Highland dress

    Bonnet - bonaid, boineid
    shirt - lèine
    cravat - cràbhat
    button - putan
    plaid - fèileadh-mòr, breacan an fhèilidh (breacan is the checked pattern)
    kilt - fèileadh-beag
    doublet, short coat - còta-gearr
    waistcoat - peitean; sleeved waistcoat - peitean-mòr
    hose - osan
    belt - crios; sword belt - crios-claidheamh; shoulder belt (same as sword belt but could carry other things like ammunition pouch) - crios-guaille, crios-guailne
    scabbard - truaill
    scabbard mouth piece - crambaid
    sword - claidheamh; broadsword - claidheamh-mòr; backsword - claidheamh-cùil (backsword and broadsword are both the classic claymore, but the broadsword has two edges and the backsword has one)
    blade - lann
    blade tip - bàrr, rann
    hilt - dòrn-chuir, ceann; basket hilt - ceann-aisneach (dòrn has a meaning of striking so a hilt is something you can punch with, ceann simply means head/top)
    dirk - biodag
    shoes - brògan; buckle shoes - brògan bucallach

    Lowlanders - Luchd nan cosag (people of the long coats)
    tartan clothes - aodach breacanach
    cloak - brat
    brooch - bràist
    cirean - clan badge (such as the modern metal one)
    boot knife - sgian dubh (black knife)

    Cath-dath (war colour) which I think is also where the word cadadh comes from.
    This seems to refer to hose and coats such as còta cath-dath (tartan coat).

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    stock - stoc
    sporran - sporan; hairy sporran - sporan molach
    tassel - aigilean; aigileanan (plural)
    trews - truibhas
    cuaran - cuaran; cuarain - a pair of cuarans (untanned skins worn hairy side out)

    Feumaidh fear nan cuaran èirigh uair ro fhear nam bròg. The man of the cuaran must rise an hour before the man of the shoe. Cuarans were considered a pain to put on because they need a lot of lacing to stay on the foot.
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    Thank you for that.
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    A good comendium but very obviously missing from the list are Trews (triubhas).

    Depending on what one means by 'old' then some of these items are modern, cravat for example. The 18th century garment was a Stock (stoc).
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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    A good comendium but very obviously missing from the list are Trews (trubhais).
    Minor spelling correction - triubhas
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    There is also cuaran - sort of moccasins/slippers somewhat between barefoot and brogan in sophistication and also with holes to allow water to drain out.
    Alan

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    A good comendium but very obviously missing from the list are Trews (trubhais).

    Depending on what one means by 'old' then some of these items are modern, cravat for example. The 18th century garment was a Stock (stoc).
    I missed an obvious one in sporan too, plus there's no terms really for female attire.

    Does anyone know what toorie would be? It seems to be Lallans but maybe the same word was used in Gaelic like Bonnet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neloon View Post
    Minor spelling correction - triubhas
    Alan
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    And then of course there's sporan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post
    A good comendium but very obviously missing from the list are Trews (triubhas).

    Depending on what one means by 'old' then some of these items are modern, cravat for example. The 18th century garment was a Stock (stoc).
    I think it depends; a cravat is borrowed from French, but in the "English" world was something wrapped and often tied in a knot in the font similar to a modern tie, while a stock simply wraps around and is buckled. Ive not yet seen a surviving example of a reenactor style stock that ties in the back, I think that was a US Bicentennial made up/make due as no one was producing stock buckles or clasps.

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    It's one thing to spell out the gaelic (in whatever spelling you think it sounds like), but another to somehow distribute the audio that actually represents the actual Gaelic pronunciation. (Is there anyway we can understand how it sounds?)
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    Very extensive audio files at http://learngaelic.net/dictionary/index.jsp

    The rest of the site is worth digging around in, too!
    "We are all connected...to each other, biologically; to the earth, chemically; to the universe, atomically...and that makes me smile." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

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