With the solid/tartan kilt poll I wound up digging out my OLD dictionary.

Back in 1962 my late aunt Virginia Macdonald gave me a 1961 copy of Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. At that time the Periodic Table in the dictionary only went up to 92 Uranium.

The word kilt is described as "A type of short plaited petticoat worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men; hence any similar garment.

I was also surprised to see Kiltie, Kilty, "One who wers a kilt, specifically a regimental kilt."

Anyhow...being curious to see why they described a kilt as a type of petticoat I looked up petticoat, "1.A skirt worn by women, girls, or young children, especially now an underskirt. 2. The garment that betokens womanhood; hence a woman or girl. 3. Something suggestive of a woman's skirt, as a valance for a table. 4. womanlike, womanish, pertaining to, exercised by, or wielded by women; as petticoat government."

Jeez Louise...maybe all them insults from smart guys are actually correct.

Curious how they can use the word petticoat to describe a man's kilt then not mention it under petticoat.

Visions of, "Hey dude, why are you wearing a skirt?" "Its not a skirt, its a petticoat!"

It is a U.S. published dictionary. But hey, we've come a long way in the last 46 years.

Ron
Feeling a little bit frillier and in touch with my feminine side when kilted...