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ghil⋅lie

[gil-ee]
–noun
a low-cut, tongueless shoe with loops instead of eyelets for the laces, which cross the instep and are sometimes tied around the ankle.
Also, gillie.


Origin:
1590–1600; see gillie; appar. a type of shoe orig. worn by Scottish hunting guides
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ghil·lie   (gĭl'ē)   
n.  Variant of gillie.
gil·lie also ghil·lie   (gĭl'ē)   
n.   pl. gil·lies also ghil·lies
  1. Scots A professional fishing and hunting guide. See Regional Note at mozo.

  2. A low-cut sports shoe with fringed laces.


[Scottish Gaelic gille, boy, servant, from Old Irish gilla, from gildae.]
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