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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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