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Definition of Fillibeg
1. n. A kilt. See Filibeg.
Definition of Fillibeg
1. Noun. (alternative form of filibeg) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fillibeg
1. filibeg [n -S] - See also: filibeg
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fillibeg
Literary usage of Fillibeg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Baptism by Robert Robinson (1817)
"One ancient monument represents candidates in a sort of drawers, like the highland
fillibeg ; and this most likely was taken from the ..."
2. British Monachism: Or, Manners and Customs of the Monks and Nuns of England by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1843)
"... for some orders, as the Franciscan, wore only a woollen tunick next the
skin.™ Breeches. The Highland Campestre, or fillibeg, was probably the ..."
3. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson (1775)
"... the fame poverty that made it then difficult for them to change their clothing,
hinders them now from changing it again. The fillibeg, or lower garment, ..."
4. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"chambermaid, pi. titles ; jole, a prostitute. fillet/*, in Fr. m. filet; -ed*, -ing*.
fillibeg, ..."
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