skean dhu

skean dhu

[thoo, doo]
noun
a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
Also, skene dhu.


Origin:
1810–20; < Scots Gaelic sgian dhubh literally, black skean

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