- AM BREID: square linen cap worn by women the morning after their marriage.
- ARISAIDHS: women's plaids
- BEDGOWN: woman's 18th c. mid-thigh to knee-lenght shapless gown.
- BONEID: bonnet of a Highlander, usually adorned with plant sprigs such as holly, hawthorn, or fir.
- BONNET: descendant of Renaissance flat caps, usually blue, and not worn in the Highlands until the 1700's.
- BRAT: cloak either in plain color or woven tarten, and sometimes hooded.
- BRDG: Gaelic for brogues.
- BREACAN FEILE: Gaelic for the great kilt.
- BREID: same as a kertch.
- BROGUES: early footwear usually of deerskin, laced with thongs. Usually pierced to allow water to drain from shoes.
- CHIEF'S SETT: pattern worn only by ranking member of the clan.
- CLAN TARTAN: contains the general colors of the clan.
- CUARANS: bootlike footwear laced to below the knee.
- CURRACHD TRI-CHEARNACH: three cornered woman's cap.
- DISTRICT SETTS: tartan worn according to region with no alliance to a specific clan.
- FEILEBEG: small kilt.
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- FILLET: narrow band of cloth worn around the head.
- FREE SETTS: tartans which can be worn by anyone.
- GREAT KILT: 6'+ by up to 60" wide pleated tartan secured with a belt. Contains no seams or sewing. No known evidence that kilts were worn before the 1500's.
- HUNTING TARTAN: a darker, muted version of clan colors.
- JUMPS: lightly boned women's stays, never worn in public (i.e. used after childbirth).
- KERTCH: head covering worn by married women.
- KYRTIL: short tunic.
- LE'INE CHROICH: linen shirt or smock, sometimes referred to in English as a saffron shirt: yellow brown or tawny colored, mid-thigh to knee in length.
- LEINTE: womans version of le'ine chroich, usually worn full-lenghth.
- LITTLE KILT: smaller version with pleats sewn to allow swinging of the kilt from mid-thigh to knee.
- MANTLE: blanket overgarment worn over kyrtil.
- OSAIN: stockings, sometimes made from tartan, held up with garters.
- PANNEUS LINEUS: padded, quilted linen coat used as armor.
- PENANNULAR BROOCH: used before Middle Ages to fasten kilt at shoulder.
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- PHILAMORE: same as a great kilt.
- PLAID: any woven checked garment. Not the same as a tartan (means blanket in Gaelic). For women, usually plain or striped in pattern.
- RING BROOCH: women's engraved or decorated round brooch of silver or brass, used to fasten plaid at breast (after 1500).
- SARK: same as 19th century chemise.
- SETT: repeating pattern of the tartan.
- SGIAN DUBH: small knife usually tucked into belt, used for eating and skinning animals.
- SHORT JACKET: short woolen jacket either plain or with sleeves slashed to show shirt.
- SNAOIM GARTAIN: special knot used to tie garters of osains.
- SPORRAN: pouch worn hand's breadth below belt on front of a kilt, used as pocket.
- STIOM: snood symbolizing maidenhood.
- TARTANS: patterned material used for kilts.
- TORC BROOCH: usually made of silver, iron, brass, bone or antler, used to afix shoulder of plaid, and out of use by 1100.
- TRIUBHAS or TREWS: close-fitting trousers resembling modern-day tights.
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