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means A knee-length pleated skirt-like garment, traditionally made of tartan wool, worn by men as part of Scottish Highland dress.
from The word comes from a Scandinavian source — compare Danish 'kilte,' meaning to tuck up or gird clothing around the body, which is exactly what the early garment did: a length of cloth belted and folded at the waist. The verb 'to kilt' (to tuck up) appears in English first, and the noun for the garment followed. The tailored, sewn-pleat version we picture today is a later refinement of that older wrapped-and-belted 'great kilt.'
- pleat count
- a single kilt hides up to 29 sewn pleats
- fabric weight
- traditional kilts use about 8 yards of wool
- regimental rule
- true Scotsmen wear nothing underneath, by custom
- banned weapon
- Britain outlawed Highland dress after the 1745 rising
- not a skirt
- the pleats sit only at the back, not around
royal stewart tartan — the official tartan of the british royal family, worn by queen elizabeth ii and the royal household
black watch tartan — the oldest scottish tartan, dating to the 1700s, named after the british army regiment
edinburgh military tattoo — annual august event in scotland where thousands of kilted performers parade through the city