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Kilt
Posted By : at 2007-12-01 10:52:31
linen or canvas, heavily pleated and sometimes quilted as protection. However it is really more like the Feileadh Beag, or little kilt, made with half the width of material of the 'great kilt', designed for military wear and so made of tartan or tweed cloth, box-pleated or knife-pleated (with pleats sewn in to speed the donning of the kilt) with the lower edges reaching not lower than the centre of the knee-cap. It dates from around the mid-18th Century, replacing the simpler belted plaid. The kilt is traditionally for men only, although in the modern era, long women's dresses patterned after kilts do exist, and women pipers frequently wear kilts. Kilten skirts for girls are also worn. Traditionally, what a Scotsman wears under his kilt is his own business and generally,
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