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    Highland dress is the traditional, regional dress of the Highlands and Isles of Scotland. It is often characterised by tartan (plaid in North America)...
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    Highlanders to bear their traditional arms and dress. The 78th Fraser Highlanders, raised in 1757, wore full highland dress uniform; their equipment was described...
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    Tartan (redirect from Highland clan tartan)
    natural dyes. The Dress Act of 1746 attempted to bring the warrior clans there under government control by banning Highland dress, then an important...
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    1746 and made wearing "the Highland Dress" — including the kilt — by men and boys illegal in Scotland north of the Highland line running from Perth in...
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    independent band in 1960 under Colonel George Howard. Standardized wear of Highland dress, including sporran and Mitchell Tartan kilt, in honor of General William...
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    Trews (category Highland dress)
    lower abdomen, a traditional form of tartan trousers from Scottish Highland dress. Trews could be trimmed with leather, usually buckskin, especially on...
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    Sporran (redirect from Dress sporrans)
    (/ˈspɒrən/; Scottish Gaelic for 'purse'), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that functions as a pocket for the kilt. Made of leather...
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  • and white. However, there are currently no U.S. Army units that use Highland dress and the wearing of the kilt with U.S. Army uniforms is not permitted...
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    modern Highland games are largely a 19th-century development, from the period following the Jacobite rebellions and subsequent ban on Highland dress. By...
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    the term describing any of several types of jacket worn with Scottish highland dress; referring to both uniform and evening jackets. Uniform doublets are...
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    Kilt (category Highland dress)
    back and traditionally a tartan pattern. Originating in the Scottish Highland dress for men, it is first recorded in the 16th century as the great kilt...
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    Glengarry (category Highland dress)
    behind. It is normally worn as part of Scottish military or civilian Highland dress, either formal or informal, as an alternative to the Balmoral bonnet...
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    History of the kilt (category Highland dress)
    items of Highland dress including kilts (although an exception was made for the Highland regiments) with the intent of suppressing Highland culture. The...
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    Formal wear (redirect from Formal dress)
    Formal wear or full dress is the Western dress code category applicable for the most formal occasions, such as weddings, christenings, confirmations, funerals...
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    versions of Aboyne Dress in use. Some consider the Aboyne as quite suited to the graceful movements of the national dances. The Aboyne Highland Games, established...
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    Sgian-dubh (category Highland dress)
    knife (Scottish Gaelic: sgian) worn as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress. Originally used for eating and preparing fruit, meat, and cutting bread...
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    government's policy of cultural suppression against Highland culture culminated in 1747 when the Dress Act 1746 (part of the Act of Proscription 1746), which...
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    rank of lieutenant and above. This is worn with Highland dress, and has a square cut away front like a dress coat, but the tails are cut significantly shorter...
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    Balmoral bonnet (category Highland dress)
    traditional Scottish hat that can be worn as part of formal or informal Highland dress. Developed from the earlier blue bonnet, dating to at least the 16th...
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    Inverness cape (category Highland dress)
    though a wide variety of coats, overcoats, and rain gear are worn with Highland dress to deal with inclement weather, the Inverness cape has come to be almost...
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    Belted plaid (category Highland dress)
    to keep it in place. The belted plaid was a standard item of men's Highland dress from the late 16th century until the middle of the 18th century. It...
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    Arisaid (category Highland dress)
    century (and probably earlier) as part of traditional female Highland dress. It was worn as a dress – a long, feminine version of the masculine belted plaid –...
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    Full plaid (category Highland dress)
    plaid, is a long piece of tartan fabric, most often worn as part of a Highland dress. It usually matches the tartan of the kilt. A modern full plaid is pleated...
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  • Mattucashlass (category Highland dress)
    primarily used for close combat, part of traditional Scottish male Highland dress. It is also referred to as an armpit dagger or a sleeve dagger in English...
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    wear a turban in place of the standard-issue wedge cap. Highland dress is a special order of dress reserved exclusively for those cadets who are pipe band...
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  • century to the mid 17th century Doublet (Highland dress), a formal jacket worn with Scottish highland dress Doublet (dominoes), a domino tile in which...
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    Folk costume (redirect from National dress)
    the rest of Ireland Scotland – Highland dress: Kilt or trews, tam o'shanter or Balmoral bonnet, doublet, Aboyne dress, and brogues or ghillies. Scottish...
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    in 1823. The principal aims of the Society are the preservation of Highland dress and the Gaelic language; to support loyal, peaceable manly conduct and...
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    November 2008. "Act of Proscription 1747". Electric Scotland. Act of Proscription 1747 Act against the Highland Dress Acts against the Highland Dress...
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    Scottish clan (redirect from Highland clans)
    about any real effect from the banning of Highland dress (which was repealed in 1782 anyway).: 57–60  The Highland Clearances saw further actions by clan...
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