The kilt is made from a large piece of fabric about 12 ells (1356 cm), wrapped around the waist and secured with special buckles and belts. The kilt is accompanied by a small bag for personal belongings - a sporran, and the kilt itself can be “big” (Great Kilt, Breacan Feile) and “small” (Little kilt, Feileadh Beg). A large kilt can be thrown over your shoulder and covered with it in bad weather. Nowadays the kilt is about four or five yards long (3657-4572 mm) and 56-60 inches (142-151 cm) wide.

Kilt is the clothing of the Scottish Highlanders. (pinterest.ru)

Real highlanders, with a kilt, carry a knife behind their right stocking. If the knife is located on the outside of the golf course (in front), then this meant a declaration of war. From the very beginning of the 17th century, the Scots used the skin occles (sgian achlais) - an axillary dagger located in the left sleeve under the armpit. The traditions of hospitality required that a weapon be visible when visiting, and the highlander transferred the knife from a secret pocket to the garter of his right knee socks. Over time, they began to carry a knife constantly, and it received the name skin doo.


Battle. (wikipedia.org)

The first description of a kilt in the Scottish Highlands occurs in 1594: “Their outerwear is a speckled robe of various colors, with many folds up to the middle of the calves, with a belt around the waist, tightening the clothes.”

And in the description of 1746 it is said: “This clothing is quite loose and helps men who are accustomed to it overcome difficult obstacles: make quick transitions, endure the severity of the weather, and cross rivers. A kilt is equally convenient for life in the forest and in houses. In a word, it helps to cope with what regular clothes I can’t.”


Residents of Scotland. (pinterest.ru)

The word “Kilt” itself comes from the Old Icelandic kjilt (“folded”) and the formidable Vikings with tartan. Tartan is a woolen material with lines of varying widths and colors that intersect each other at certain angles. Each clan had its own inclination, color and width of the tartan, which made it possible to immediately identify a stranger. By the number of colors of the tartan one could recognize a person's social status: one - a servant, two - a farmer, three - an officer, five - a military leader, six - a poet, seven - a leader. There are now about 700 tartan designs (sets), although many were forgotten during the ban on kilts.

Not all Scots wore the kilt, but only the Highlanders. In Scotland (Highlands), a large kilt was very suitable for rainy climates and mountainous terrain. The kilt warmed well enough, provided freedom of movement, dried well, and at night became warm blanket. During the battle, when maximum freedom of movement was required, the highlanders took off their kilts and fought in their shirts.

Battle of Clans

There is a legend about such a battle. In 1544, a battle of clans took place between the Frasers, MacDonalds and Cameroons, it was called Blar-na-Leine, which translated means “Battle of the Shirts”. But this is a common play on words: "Blar na Leine" comes from "Blar na Leana", which translates as "Place of the marshy meadow".

There was also real battle no kilts. In August 1645 the Battle of Kilsyth took place. The Marquis of Montrose with three thousand Scots and Irish met in battle against the army of seven thousand William Baillie. The Scottish Highlanders, who struck the center of the enemy's positions, threw off their kilts during the battle and defeated superior forces wearing only their shirts.


Kilt. (pinterest.ru)

In the 18th century The British authorities tried to ban the wearing of a kilt by the Scots, in which they saw the waywardness of the Highlanders, and force them to wear trousers. But the proud and stubborn Highlanders bypassed the law and wore a kilt and wore their trousers on a stick.

The small kilt supposedly originated in 1725 at the instigation of the Englishman Rawlinson. The manager of the steel mill suggested leaving only the lower part of the kilt for convenience, and cutting off the rest. The length of the kilt was determined as follows: the owner squatted down and the edge of the material that touched the floor was cut off.

Nowadays the kilt is popular not only among the militant Scots, but also among the dignified Englishmen.

The Scottish skirt for men is called a kilt. Refers exclusively to men's clothing, since it is not in the literal sense of the word a skirt, such as, for example, female version. This is usually a fairly large piece of cloth that is wrapped around a man's waist and secured with a belt and buckles. The fabric for a kilt can be checked or striped, and the check and stripe are harmoniously integrated into the traditional Scottish pattern, which is very popular not only in this country. A bag-purse on a kilt is called a sporran - it is customary for men to carry a small handbag for small things, since there are no pockets in clothes.

Today's Scots skirt can be made of wool, leather, viscose or raincoat fabric, and the clothes are sewn in different ways: for everyday wear, hunting or holidays. By the pattern and color of the fabric you can recognize the clan to which a Scot belongs. However, for residents of other countries, you can only be guided by your taste priorities when choosing a kilt. The tartan skirt for men is still popular in the British Army, as well as in the armies of some other British Commonwealth countries, where it is still part of military uniform population. This clothing is worn in Scotland during musical performances, dances and sports competitions.

The Scottish men's skirt was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1594, where it was described as a speckled garment different colors with a lot of folds, going down to the middle of the calves and secured around the waist with a belt. The name comes from the Old Icelandic word kjilt, meaning “folded, folded.” Previously, these clothes were made only from tartan (checkered kilt fabric) - a material made from wool, colorful lines on which they intersected at certain angles, creating a unique pattern, which made it possible to determine the men’s belonging to a specific clan.

Moreover, if the pattern on the tartan was the same color, this was a sign of a servant. Two colors on a Scotsman's kilt indicated that he was a farmer, a three-color tartan indicated an officer, and a six-color tartan indicated a poet. The most large number there were flowers on the leader's tartan. In this way, it was easy to determine the social position of each person. To this day, more than 700 ancient unique patterns have been preserved, although many ornaments have been lost.

Why do Scots wear skirts?

What is called a kilt today was in ancient times part of a large blanket, or rather its lower part, with which one could cover oneself in bad weather, or throw it over one’s shoulder if the fabric was not needed. Large plaids were worn mainly by residents of the highlands, where such clothing was simply necessary, given the terrain and rainy climate. The large blanket dried quickly and gave freedom of movement, which was important, given the warlike nature of the mountaineers and the constant conflicts in which they participated. During the battles, the highlanders threw off the blanket and fought without clothes, and after the battle they slept, covered with a warm piece of fabric like a blanket.

British authorities in the 18th century tried to ban Scots from wearing kilts and demanded that they be replaced with trousers. However, the stubborn and proud mountaineers began to wear trousers on a stick, continuing to wear their national clothes. Since then, the Scottish skirt has become a symbol of courage, inflexibility, stubbornness and love of freedom of the Scots, turning into a national symbol.

Small kilt

Previously, skirt dyes were used only from plants. For example, black color was obtained from alder bark, blue- from blueberries. Green paint was taken from cornflower, red paint was collected from lichen from rocks. Yellow received from different types fern, and brown was extracted from seaweed. Thus, the color of the fabric was associated with the flora of the area where the tartan was produced, which influenced the variety of its colors.

Putting on a large blanket is quite simple: first lay the belt, then put the material perpendicular to it, which needs to be gathered at the back. Then you need to lie down and wrap yourself on both sides with pieces of the remaining material, then fasten your belt, and top part throw the fabric over the shoulder and tuck it under the belt.
Nowadays, this is not always and not everyone is comfortable, so now they wear short kilts with already stitched ones, called “small”, or Feileadh Beg. This clothing is only the lower part of a large blanket, the length of which reaches the knee. The material is wrapped around the hips and secured with ordinary straps with buckles, and not with a belt, as before. To prevent clothing hemlines from flying apart, a special pin is attached to them at the bottom to weigh down the fabric.

There is an assumption that Feileadh Beg first appeared in 1725. It was introduced into use by the English manager of a metallurgical plant, Rawlinson, who proposed cutting off the material touching the floor when squatting. Nowadays, Feileadh Beg has become popular not only among the Scots, but also among the English themselves. For example, there are numerous photographs showing Prince Charles in a short kilt with friends who are dressed in kilts of different colors, plain jackets and knee socks. Made from thick, heavy wool, small kilts practically do not wrinkle and can serve their owners for many years.

Types of men's skirts

Not only kilts are popular among men, but different cultures There are clothes that look like a skirt. In Southeast Asia, men still wear a sarong, in India - a dhoti, unlike trousers, a skirt is much more comfortable, does not restrict movement and is made from one piece of fabric. There are also Pteruges, Fustanella, Hakama and Shuka.

Sarong

The sarong as a piece of clothing is common in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, India, Indonesia, and Polynesia.

Different nations have their own ways of tying a sarong, but in all cases it performs the same function - it protects the skin from the sun and provides the body with ventilation from below in a hot tropical climate.

You can watch the video on how to tie a sarong:

Dhoti

Dhoti - traditional look men's clothing, common in India. It is a rectangular strip of fabric 2 - 5 m long, wrapped around the legs and hips with one end passing between the legs.

Typically, white or one-color fabric is used, sometimes decorated with ornaments along the edges. When worn, it resembles tight shorts or short bloomers.

How to wear a dhoti is shown in the video:

Pteruges

Spartan thick leather was part of the legionnaires' armor and protected the legs of the warriors.

Fustanella

The pleated men's skirt is a traditional costume of the Balkans, worn with a long white shirt and wide trousers.

Hakama

Traditional Japanese long wide pleated pants, similar to a skirt, bloomers or cassock, were originally worn only by men. In the Middle Ages, only kuge, samurai and priests were allowed to wear them daily. Today, hakama is often worn by girls at graduation ceremonies.

Shuka

Bright, practical Maasai clothing attracts attention at first glance; the outfits themselves seem to hint at the true purpose of the male gender to protect families, hunt, get food, and protect the home.

The Maasai are a semi-nomadic African indigenous people living on the savanna of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The Maasai are one of the most famous tribes in East Africa.

The Scottish kilt is associated with the Highlanders, and therefore with masculinity and bravery. The first mention of a men's skirt dates back to the 7th century, but written confirmation appeared only in the 16th century. Today, if we meet a person wearing a kilt, the first question will be: “Why?” But for those who remember and honor the culture of Scotland, this is not just a part of the wardrobe. This is national clothing, referencing an entire era.

Large and small kilt

Initially, the name “kilt” came from the word “kjilt” - “folding”. That's what the Vikings called their clothes, but then there were no cages on skirts. The clothing was a long cloth about 13 meters long, which was wrapped around the body and secured with a belt and buckle.

Until the 18th century, the Scots wore the so-called great kilt. It was not just a skirt, but a whole suit. The kilt resembled a blanket in which warriors wrapped themselves through simple manipulations on the ground. How to dress yourself in a huge fabric with minimal effort? Place the belt on the ground and place the checkered fabric on top. The central part of the fabric is folded and the warrior lies there. He then wraps the fabric around himself and secures it with a belt. It was not until 1720 that Thomas Rollison removed the upper part from the vestment. The Highlanders, that is, the mountaineers in his factory, wrapped in a large kilt, could not work normally. Therefore, it was decided to remove the top, leaving only the skirt. The length of the skirt was determined very simply; when the highlander squatted, the fabric touching the floor was cut off. This is how the little one appeared Scottish kilt, which required about 7 meters of fabric.

The emergence of the traditional check pattern

Comfortable military attire was worn only by the Scottish highlanders, while the inhabitants of the plains considered this clothing unacceptable. Mountain dwellers with a rainy, cold climate needed warm fabric more, but it was associated with warlike behavior due to the Highlander lifestyle. The clans, in turn, began to create individual patterns on skirts in order to separate their own from the crowd. By the way, the Scots are very offended if a kilt is called a skirt. "Kilt is called kilt, because a lot of people got killed, when they called it a skirt." What's in easy version, dismissing the shade of brutality and bloodthirstiness, one can say something like: “Don’t call a kilt a skirt, just don’t call it.” We hope that mentioning this designation in the text will not anger anyone.

The fabric, characterized by the application of a unique check pattern during the weaving of the wool, is very heavy and dense. A kilt can weigh as much as 4 kg. Of course, modern options are much easier, because dancers or fashionistas do not need to take shelter from the rain in the Scottish mountains.

Each clan of highlanders had its own pattern, not only because of the desire to highlight their brothers, but also because natural dyes. To dye wool, the highlanders used alder, heather, blueberries and many other ingredients. But in different areas certain plants predominated. Therefore, it naturally turned out that the colors were different. Translated, “tartan” means “color of the area.”

The number of colors in a tartan signified a person's status: one color for a servant, two for a farmer, three for an officer, five for a military leader, six for a poet, seven for a leader. Of the colors, red was considered the most significant and majestic. Dark colors, similar to natural ones, meant a desire to be invisible. All the tartan patterns that we know and see today from fashion designers are those same traditional designations of the status of Scottish families.

The most popular tartan patterns

  • Caledonia is a universal tartan that can be worn by anyone;
  • Black Watch is a military tartan, it formed the basis of the patterns of such clans as Gordon and Campbell. It was the Campbell clan who were the creators of the modern argyle check pattern;
  • Burberry - in 1920 it was specially created for Burberry;
  • Dress Gordon - tartan of the Gordon clan, considered a festive option;
  • Royal Stewart is known all over the world and is chosen today by many brands both for clothing elements and for contrasting lining.

Argyle pattern

The Campbell clan, who lived in the region of Scotland called Argyll, had its own distinctive feature kilt cages. The men's skirt was decorated with a pattern of elongated squares with thin lines. When the spinning industry improved in the 19th century and was able to create patterns using the technology of overlaying different threads, interesting and original argyle instantly went to the masses. Then the Pringle of Scotland brand took on the task of recreating the Scottish tartan on the knee socks. Argyle soon moved on to vests, sweaters and other parts of the wardrobe. Having become part of the aristocratic style, the pattern is still used in clothing, accessories, furniture upholstery, and wallpaper.

In 1745, Highlanders were banned from wearing kilts under threat of imprisonment or deportation to the colonies. They were able to win their right to a Scottish men's skirt only 36 years later. Therefore, tartan is not just a symbol of the Scottish lifestyle, but also a sign of independence.

The British royal family loves tartan patterns, and Prince Charles often appears in public wearing a kilt.

There should be no underwear under the kilt. This tradition dates back to the times of the wars, when the highlanders wore only an underskirt or nothing at all under their kilts. During the battle, they could lift up their skirt, showing their superiority, or completely throw it off, continuing the battle completely naked. This is what happened in 1645 at the Battle of Kilsyth.

In addition to the belt and buckles, a small bag for things is included - a sporran. The highlanders also carried a knife (skin do), which was located behind the right stocking. The placement of the knife in the visible front part served as a declaration of war. The tradition arose from shifting the knife from the sleeve, since when coming to visit, the highlander had to keep the weapon in sight.

IN modern society It's not just the Scots who wear kilts. It is popular all over the world, being an echo of culture and style. Most importantly, it's really comfortable. In addition, doctors recommend wearing a Scottish men's skirt in the summer, as it is safer than tight pants or jeans during the heat.

The Highlanders of Scotland, the famous Roman legions, and the Greeks too, sported unshaven knees. And this did not stop them from feeling like men.

The Scottish skirt, kilt, is a symbol of courage, freedom, courage, severity and stubbornness of real highlanders and has excited the imagination of the fair sex for centuries.

Replacing skirts with pants

The history of trousers began... with an ordinary skirt. For thousands of years, the clothing of men and women included skirts and cloaks. The appearance of trousers happened much later. Y.V. Bromley and R.G. Podolny in the book “Created by Humanity” wrote about excavations near Vladimir, where they found the remains of people in fur pants who lived 20 thousand years ago. This suggests the emergence of pants even before the domestication of horses. Presumably, leather pants came to Europe from the Scythians, who lived about 500 BC. The Germans and Gauls appreciated clothing that was so comfortable for the rider. But for a long time, “barbarian clothing” was banned in one of the leading civilizations of the Ancient World and antiquity - Ancient Rome.

Now everything has changed, but the Scots and Greeks wore a skirt, along with pants, for a long time.

Women's advance into men's territories

Women have long encroached on the holy of holies - men's trousers, but their struggle for equality was truly selfless. It was only after World War II that women were able to wear men's trousers more freely.

Historians claim that the first to wear them was the national heroine of France, Joan of Arc. It was the wearing of men's clothing that the court tribunal was able to blame; the girl courageously rejected the rest of the charges. Under the pretext that Joan of Arc put on men's clothes again, women's clothes were taken away from her, and she was sentenced to be burned.

In 1950, rock and roll finally gave freedom to women's trousers.

History of the kilt

Kilt- an item of men's clothing, traditional clothes brave Highlanders of Scotland.

The kilt is made from a large piece of fabric about 12 ells (1356 cm), wrapped around the waist and secured with special buckles and belts. The kilt is accompanied by a small bag for personal belongings - a sporran, and the kilt itself can be “big” (Great Kilt, Breacan Feile) and “small” (Little kilt, Feileadh Beg). A large kilt can be thrown over your shoulder and covered in bad weather. Nowadays the kilt is about four or five yards long (3657-4572 mm) and 56-60 inches (142-151 cm) wide.

Real highlanders, with a kilt, carry a knife behind their right stocking. If the knife is located on the outside of the golf course (in front), then this meant a declaration of war. From the very beginning of the 17th century, the Scots used the occles skin - an axillary dagger located in the left sleeve under the armpit. The traditions of hospitality required that a weapon be visible when visiting, and the highlander transferred the knife from a secret pocket to the garter of his right knee socks. Over time, they began to carry a knife constantly, and it received the name skin doo.

The first description of a kilt in the Highlands of Scotland is found in 1594: “Their outer clothing is a speckled robe of various colors, with many folds to the middle of the calves, with a belt around the waist, tightening the clothes.”

And in the description of 1746 it is said: “This clothing is quite loose and helps men who are accustomed to it overcome difficult obstacles: make quick transitions, endure the severity of the weather, and cross rivers. A kilt is equally convenient for life in the forest and in houses. In a word, it helps to cope with what ordinary clothes cannot do.”

The word “Kilt” itself comes from the Old Icelandic kjilt (“folded”) and the formidable Vikings with tartan. Tartan is a woolen material with lines of varying widths and colors that intersect each other at certain angles. Each clan had its own inclination, color and width of the tartan, which made it possible to immediately identify a stranger. By the number of tartan colors one could determine a person's social status: one - a servant, two - a farmer, three - an officer, five - a military leader, six - a poet, seven - a leader. There are now about 700 tartan designs (sets), although many were forgotten during the ban on kilts.

Not all Scots wore a kilt, but only the Highlanders. In Scotland (Highlands), a large kilt was very suitable for rainy climates and mountainous terrain. The kilt warmed well enough, provided freedom of movement, dried well, and at night became a warm blanket. During the battle, when maximum freedom of movement was required, the highlanders took off their kilts and fought in their shirts.

There is even a legend about such a battle. In 1544, a battle of clans took place between the Frasers, MacDonalds and Cameroons, it was called Blar-na-Leine, which translated means “Battle of the Shirts”. But this is a common play on words: "Blar na Leine" comes from "Blar na Leana", which translates as "Place of the marshy meadow".

But there was also a real battle without kilts. In August 1645 the Battle of Kilsyth took place. The Marquis of Montrose with three thousand Scots and Irish met in battle against the army of seven thousand William Baillie. The Scottish Highlanders, who struck the center of the enemy's positions, threw off their kilts during the battle and defeated superior forces wearing only their shirts.


Photo: baekken flickr.com/annspan

In the 18th century The British authorities tried to ban the wearing of a kilt by the Scots, in which they saw the waywardness of the Highlanders, and force them to wear trousers. But the proud and stubborn Highlanders bypassed the law and wore a kilt and wore their trousers on a stick.

The small kilt supposedly originated in 1725 at the instigation of the Englishman Rawlinson. The manager of the steel mill suggested leaving only the lower part of the kilt for convenience, and cutting off the rest. The length of the kilt was determined as follows: the owner squatted down and the edge of the material that touched the floor was cut off.

Nowadays the kilt is popular not only among the militant Scots, but also among the dignified Englishmen.

Choosing a kilt and how to wear it

Great Kilt, Breacan Feile.

The fabric is laid out on the ground and a non-corrugated piece is measured from the end to your width at the hips. The rest of the material is pulled up and laid in even folds. A belt is placed under the folded material with the buckle to the right. You need to lie on the fabric with your face and wrap the folded left end around yourself, then the smooth right end and secure with a belt. Stand up and drape the hanging upper part around the body: one end is pulled through the back, the other through the chest and secured with a buckle on the shoulder.


Photo: David Ball wikipedia.org


Small kilt (Feileadh Beg).

The main mistake a beginner makes is trying to place the folds of the kilt in front rather than in the back.

There are strict rules regarding the length of the kilt: “It should be four and a half centimeters above the floor when a man is kneeling, and its folds should strictly coincide with the cells on the fabric.”

The kilt is secured at the front with a special kilt pin. They are usually made in the shape of swords and decorated with ancient Celtic designs. Its task is to add weight to the free corner of the external apron. With a kilt they wear knee-length socks - Scottish hetaeras (hosses), as well as a long homespun shirt, the so-called Jacobite Shirt. A woolen beret in the tartan of a kilt is placed on the head.

A leather wallet, a sporran, decorated with metal details and embossed with Celtic patterns, is hung on the front of the belt. It helps keep the kilt from lifting during wind and walking. Thus, allowing the man not to show himself in all his glory.

The minimum set of accessories for a kilt: belt, sporran, kiltpin and hose.

One of the interesting things about wearing a kilt is the issue of underwear under the kilt. Traditionally, true highlanders neglect wearing underwear. According to one version, it was forbidden to wear underwear under a kilt in Scottish regiments. Even when men left the army, the love for “freedom” and the habit remained. This is how the tradition of not wearing underwear under a kilt has passed down from generation to generation.

Former soldier Bill Smith, of the Gordon Highland Regiment Museum in Aberdeen: “Every day the regiment was inspected by an officer armed with a mirror, like those used to look for bombs under cars. Anyone who was found to have underpants was sent back to take them off.”

However, recently the Scottish organization Scottish Tartans Authority called for wearing underwear under a kilt for hygiene purposes. One of the members of the Scottish Parliament, Jamie McGrigor, said that he always wore underwear because there were flies in their area that could suddenly attack the “so-called real Scot.” But this demand outraged the Scots, who refused to follow it.

It is also known that all soldiers wearing a kilt were forbidden to climb the stairs to the second floor in trams and buses, so as not to embarrass women. Although maybe that’s why English women love the military so much?

Whether to wear underwear under a kilt or not, the choice is, as always, yours. Photo: Salicia flickr.com/betzywd

Is this courageous? Just remember Sean Connery's Thomas in a kilt. In 1999, People magazine named him the most sexy man century, and in 2004, according to surveys by Empire magazine, Connery was placed among the hundred sexiest movie stars in cinema history.

The kilt is no longer something surprising and unnatural, and men are carefully looking at such comfortable clothes that all our distant ancestors wore. Male opinion too conservative, but if you listen to women on forums where there is discussion of kilts, you can learn a lot of new things. Men in kilts, dressed according to all traditions and with a bag - sporran, it turns out, very much excite the female imagination, and many sexual fantasies are associated with them:

“I really liked the men in kilts. So brutal... Well done, they're not like everyone else - they put on their pants and that's it. And these ones stand out. Stand out! I love the Scots. And there are all sorts of bagpipes, and castles, and men in kilts. Guys, why don't you wear kilts? This is not women's skirts with frills, but normal men's clothing. The famous Roman legions, and the Greeks too, sported unshaven knees. And this did not stop them from feeling like men. Ah, kilts, kilts...”

What is the name of the skirt worn by men in Scotland?
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Answer from Ironie[guru]
Scottish skirt. Checkered skirt, wraps at the front, with pleats at the back and sides. Borrowed from the national clothing of the Scots, which is why it is also called the “kilt”. It can be trimmed with fringe along the vertical edge at the front, fastened with large metal buckles or a large decorative pin. Among the Scots and Irish as an element national costume worn by men.

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kilt, and the color of the cells means belonging to a particular clan


Reply from Sergey Shishanov[guru]
Kilt is a piece of men's clothing, traditional clothing of the Highlanders of Scotland. A kilt is a piece of cloth wrapped around the waist and secured with buckles and straps; Traditionally, the kilt is worn with a special bag for money and other small items, called a sporran. A kilt can be “big” or “small”. Historically, a large kilt was long enough to be thrown over the shoulder or covered under in bad weather. The kilt is made of woolen fabric with a traditional Scottish pattern of checks and stripes - tartan (in Russia such material is known as “tartan”). Today, most Scots wear the kilt as part of formal or wedding attire, while a fairly small number of people wear it every day. Scouts wear kilts for parades; In many places in Scotland, kilts can be seen during Highland sporting events or both musical and dance performances. In the British Army, as well as in the armies of other British Commonwealth countries, the kilt is still part of the military uniform, although it has not been used in combat since the Second World War.
The oldest description of a kilt in the Scottish Highlands dates back to 1594. The word kilt comes from the Anglo-Scottish kilt, meaning "to wrap a garment around the body." In turn, the Scottish word comes from the Old Norse kjilt (“folded”), which came from the Vikings, who had similar, but with tartan, pleated clothing.
In High Scotland, with its rainy climate and mountainous terrain, the kilt was indispensable. It gave freedom of movement, warmed, and dried quickly, which could not be said about trousers. At night he turned into a warm blanket. When maximum freedom of movement was required in battle, the kilt could be easily thrown off and rush into the attack, so to speak, without pants. Thus, the famous battle of clans in 1544 between the Frasers, MacDonalds and Cameroons was called Blar-na-Leine, which translated means “Battle of the Shirts”.


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