Aboyne dress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The dance costume prescribed for females performing the Scottish National dances in competitions at Highland games gatherings. It consists of a dark bodice or elaborate waistcoat, decorative blouse, full tartan skirt and sometimes a petticoat and apron, or a tartan sash.

Word forms

Aboyne dress

Etymology

Named for the Aboyne Highland Gathering, whose organizing committee designed it.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.