Sharon L. Krossa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
I'm coming to this discussion late (just having rejoined the list), but
on an issue of terminology origin raised...
At 8:31 AM -0700 7/22/05, Kahlara wrote:
Yes, Jacobite shirt - I have also seen it refered to as a ghilie
shirt, presumably because the opening was laced.
There is a good chance that it is (modernly) called a gillie/ghillie
shirt (and other spelling variants) because it is (modernly) associated
with gillies, that is, with (Highland) male servants, especially
attendants on Highland chiefs, and/or more modernly, 19th century and
later sportsmen's attendants (for fishing & hunting, etc.). See the
Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL, available online free at
<http://www.dsl.ac.uk/>) entry from the SND s.v. GILLIE
<http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/getent4.php?plen=9304&startset=14404904&query=
GILLIE&dtext=snd>
<snip>
The above are, of course, modern shoes, and, for that matter, the terms
<ghillie brogue> and especially <ghillie shirt> are likewise modern.
How far back the style of shirt now called <ghillie shirt> (or
<Jacobean/Jacobite shirt>, etc.) goes, I don't myself know, though I
would guess at very earliest early modern, and more probably later than
earlier.
Hi Sharon! Welcome back.
I don't recall the existence of Jacobite style shirts more than about 15
years ago. My perception is that they have been developed as people
started wanting to wear the kilt in a less formal way - before that it
was all collar and tie, or lace frills. The Jacobite shirt gives an
option that's still dressy enough for weddings and parties, but more
relaxed.
Jean
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Jean Waddie
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