a 9 yard

[thescot]

If you're interested in a great kilt, do not use 9 yards! It'll kill you with the weight if the heat doesn't get you first.

My great kilt is about 5 yards, and it's plenty of material. And I'm 6' 3" and well over 225.

[furrycelt]

i'd never heard "the whole 9 yards" refer to kilts ever until i joined this forum. i'd always heard the phrase was from the military. some large belt-fed gun with the rounds kept in 27 foot long belts.

yeah, 27 feet of fabric does some like alot.

[haukehaien]

There's a huge discussion of the phrase origin here:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=15664