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Definition of Glengarry
1. Noun. A Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.
Definition of Glengarry
1. n. A kind of Highland Scotch cap for men, with straight sides and a hollow top sloping to the back, where it is parted and held together by ribbons or strings.
Definition of Glengarry
1. Noun. a brimless cap, longer than wider and creased lengthwise across the top, often with ribbons trailing behind, and frequently worn with the Scottish kilt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glengarry
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glengarry
Literary usage of Glengarry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"The latter answered that he would pay Macdonell every attention on arrival, and
would have been glad to see the old soldiers of the glengarry regiment ..."
2. A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans by James Browne (1851)
"Letters of service were accordingly issued in August, seventeen hundred and
ninety-four, to Alexander Macdonell of glengarry, to raise the glengarry ..."
3. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"Such of them as were able to reach the shore were immediately despatched by the
Mackenzies. and among the slain was the young chief of glengarry himself. ..."
4. The Companions of Pickle: Being a Sequel to "Pickle the Spy" by Andrew Lang (1898)
"There are several letters which glengarry wrote in a very peculiar manner.
The capital letter " T," for instance, was distinctly ..."
5. The Companions of Pickle: Being a Sequel to "Pickle the Spy" by Andrew Lang (1898)
"In a deed of 1728 we find Old glengarry already remarried to a daughter of ...
The stepmother of Young glengarry was a managing woman, and ' factrix' of her ..."
6. Circuit Journeys by Henry Cockburn Cockburn (1888)
"I was surprised by seeing that brutal obelisk still standing near Invergarry
Castle, which the late glengarry erected about 1812 to commemorate what his ..."
7. Cases Decided in the House of Lords: On Appeal from the Courts of Scotland by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, James Wilson, Patrick Shaw, Charles Hope Maclean, William Reginald Courtenay Devon (1829)
"Cameron, however, alleging that he was assured by a third party, authorized by
glengarry, that if he dropped the suspension, ..."
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