Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
gillie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
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Examples
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My ghillie is a 3/4 length cape with sleeves and separate leggings and headgear.
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My ghillie is a 3/4 length cape with sleeves and separate leggings and headgear.
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Krainer was wearing a military-style camouflage outfit known as a ghillie suit.
JSOnline.com 2009
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One thing I quickly learned was to not call my guide a "ghillie," which Americans use to mean fishing guide but which literally means "servant" in Ireland.
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The officer then realized there was a man hiding at his feet, dressed in a "ghillie" suit,
Dog bites 'Moss Man' outside Ore. rock museum - US News 2010
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The officer then realized there was a man hiding at his feet, dressed in a "ghillie" suit,
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The officer then realized there was a man hiding at his feet, dressed in a "ghillie" suit,
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But when you Google "ghillie," the first and most abundant results are for ghillie suit, a type of camouflage worn for centuries by hunters, soldiers and, more recently, paintball enthusiasts.
Fritinancy 2009
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As another old-time guide told me over an evening pint, "You can call me 'Hey, you," or you can call me 'sport,' or you can call me a guide, but don't you nay call me (expletive deleted) 'ghillie'".
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But I believe a ghillie suit is the best way to go when in the woods.
bilby commented on the word ghillie
A male attendant or personal servant to a Highland chieftain; a fishing and hunting guide; the type of traditional walking shoe worn by such a guide; a similar but softer-soled shoe used for dancing.
Alternate spelling gillie.
November 10, 2007
sionnach commented on the word ghillie
from the Gaelic word "giolla", meaning servant. Primary modern usage is to refer to a fishing and hunting guide. Many Irish and Scottish surnames, my own included, begin with "Gil" (in the anglicized form), with the etymology deriving from "giolla".
November 10, 2007