What does the "dicing" mean?

[macwilkin]

A believe the dicing o' hats is a regimental thing. Aw scottish regiments wear dicing roon there Glengarry's and a tartan swatch on there TOS (tam o shanter) Fer example the KOSB and Highland regiments hae a Red, white and Green dicing roond there,s. The Argylls wear Red and White. Ma mate has a black and white diced balmoral which a believe wis a Lovat Scout bonnet.

See my post above; dicing is associated with the regiments, as you state. The web site canadiansoldiers.com has a very good article about the different styles of dicing in the Canadian Scottish regiments; since many of the Canadian regiments were affiliated with Scottish regiments, you can get a better picture of all the different styles of dicing:

http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/medi...itle=Glengarry

And yes, you are correct; the Lovat Scouts did wear a balmoral with black and white dicing:

http://members.aol.com/mazwalker/brechin/jack.jpg

http://www.benbeculahistorysociety.c.../Lovat_png.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/r...eachan_old.jpg

http://www.wardetectives.info/projec.../inve0029a.htm

Regards,

Todd