filibeg Sc.
(ˈfɪlɪbɛg)
Also 8 philebeg, 8–9 philabeg, -ibeg, fillibeg, feilbeg, 9 philiberg, phillibeg.
[ad. Gael. feileadh-beag the kilt of modern shape, f. feileadh a fold, plait + beag little, as distinguished from feileadh-mor the large kilt of primitive form.]
A kilt.
1746 Act 19-21 Geo. II, c. 39 §17 The..philebeg, or little kilt. 1771 Pennant Tour Scotl. I. (1790) 211 The feil beg, i.e. little plaid, also called kelt..is a modern substitute for the lower part of the plaid. 1773 Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 24 Sept., Old Malcolm in his filibeg. 1794 Burns Jolly Beggars, John Highlandman, His philabeg and tartan plaid. 1828 Landor Imag. Conv. III. 203 Persian robes and Scotch phillibegs. |