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24th January 17, 06:31 AM
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Gaelic names for old Highland dress
Bonnet - bonaid, boineid
shirt - lèine
cravat - cràbhat
button - putan
plaid - fèileadh-mòr, breacan an fhèilidh (breacan is the checked pattern)
kilt - fèileadh-beag
doublet, short coat - còta-gearr
waistcoat - peitean; sleeved waistcoat - peitean-mòr
hose - osan
belt - crios; sword belt - crios-claidheamh; shoulder belt (same as sword belt but could carry other things like ammunition pouch) - crios-guaille, crios-guailne
scabbard - truaill
scabbard mouth piece - crambaid
sword - claidheamh; broadsword - claidheamh-mòr; backsword - claidheamh-cùil (backsword and broadsword are both the classic claymore, but the broadsword has two edges and the backsword has one)
blade - lann
blade tip - bàrr, rann
hilt - dòrn-chuir, ceann; basket hilt - ceann-aisneach (dòrn has a meaning of striking so a hilt is something you can punch with, ceann simply means head/top)
dirk - biodag
shoes - brògan; buckle shoes - brògan bucallach
Lowlanders - Luchd nan cosag (people of the long coats)
tartan clothes - aodach breacanach
cloak - brat
brooch - bràist
cirean - clan badge (such as the modern metal one)
boot knife - sgian dubh (black knife)
Cath-dath (war colour) which I think is also where the word cadadh comes from.
This seems to refer to hose and coats such as còta cath-dath (tartan coat).
added:
stock - stoc
sporran - sporan; hairy sporran - sporan molach
tassel - aigilean; aigileanan (plural)
trews - truibhas
cuaran - cuaran; cuarain - a pair of cuarans (untanned skins worn hairy side out)
Feumaidh fear nan cuaran èirigh uair ro fhear nam bròg. The man of the cuaran must rise an hour before the man of the shoe. Cuarans were considered a pain to put on because they need a lot of lacing to stay on the foot.
Last edited by Damion; 24th January 17 at 06:20 PM.
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24th January 17, 06:33 AM
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Glen McGuire
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24th January 17, 06:45 AM
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A good comendium but very obviously missing from the list are Trews (triubhas).
Depending on what one means by 'old' then some of these items are modern, cravat for example. The 18th century garment was a Stock (stoc).
Last edited by figheadair; 24th January 17 at 01:05 PM.
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24th January 17, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by figheadair
A good comendium but very obviously missing from the list are Trews (trubhais).
Minor spelling correction - triubhas
Alan
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24th January 17, 07:18 AM
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There is also cuaran - sort of moccasins/slippers somewhat between barefoot and brogan in sophistication and also with holes to allow water to drain out.
Alan
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24th January 17, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by figheadair
A good comendium but very obviously missing from the list are Trews (trubhais).
Depending on what one means by 'old' then some of these items are modern, cravat for example. The 18th century garment was a Stock (stoc).
I missed an obvious one in sporan too, plus there's no terms really for female attire.
Does anyone know what toorie would be? It seems to be Lallans but maybe the same word was used in Gaelic like Bonnet.
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24th January 17, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by neloon
Minor spelling correction - triubhas
Alan
Never try typing in a moving car 😕.
And then of course there's sporan.
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24th January 17, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by figheadair
A good comendium but very obviously missing from the list are Trews (triubhas).
Depending on what one means by 'old' then some of these items are modern, cravat for example. The 18th century garment was a Stock (stoc).
I think it depends; a cravat is borrowed from French, but in the "English" world was something wrapped and often tied in a knot in the font similar to a modern tie, while a stock simply wraps around and is buckled. Ive not yet seen a surviving example of a reenactor style stock that ties in the back, I think that was a US Bicentennial made up/make due as no one was producing stock buckles or clasps.
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24th January 17, 07:43 PM
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It's one thing to spell out the gaelic (in whatever spelling you think it sounds like), but another to somehow distribute the audio that actually represents the actual Gaelic pronunciation. (Is there anyway we can understand how it sounds?)
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Tom
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24th January 17, 08:19 PM
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Very extensive audio files at http://learngaelic.net/dictionary/index.jsp
The rest of the site is worth digging around in, too!
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