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15th April 10, 08:47 AM
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My Apple Dictionary is pretty curt on the topic,
filibeg |ˌfɪlɪbɛg| (also philibeg, filabeg)
noun Scottish, chiefly historical
a kilt.
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic feileadh-beag ‘little kilt,’ from feileadh ‘plaid’ and beag ‘little.’
but the more common term is well described.
kilt |kɪlt|
noun
a knee-length skirt of pleated tartan cloth, traditionally worn by men as part of Scottish Highland dress and now also worn by women and girls.
kilt
verb [ trans. ]
gather (a garment or material) in vertical pleats : [as adj. ] ( kilted) kilted skirts.
DERIVATIVES
kilted adjective
ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb in the sense [tuck up around the body] ): of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish kilte (op) ‘tuck (up)’ and Old Norse kilting ‘a skirt.’ The noun dates from the mid 18th cent.
There's even a pic.

My Oxford Paperback is lacking the term filibeg.
Last edited by xman; 5th September 10 at 11:53 AM.
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