sept

A corruption of sect, influenced by Latin saeptum (“fence, enclosure”).

Sept in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.

1842, Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, volume 2:

A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.


caber

From Scottish Gaelic cabar (“spar, pole”).

A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.

cabar

a long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games


clan

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Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant and planta.

отог

group of relatives with some degree of political organization

Coordinate term: lineage

(anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

(video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.


bagpipes

en-noun

bagpipes pl (normally plural, singular bagpipe)

bagpipe (singular)
bagpipe (alternative)

From earlier bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe; equivalent to bag + pipes.

Bagpipes are traditionally played in most Celtic regions and many former parts of the British Empire.

“Iʼll tell you something: there is nothing in the world like the sound of the bagpipes to raise a manʼs morale, to lift his spirits, and give him strength.”

2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 250:

A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.


chanter

From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.


drum major

One who conducts and commands a marching band.

tamboer-maître

one who conducts and commands a marching band


Highland games

Festivals held throughout the year and in many countries of the world, involving competitive events, whose purpose is to celebrate the culture and heritage of Scotland and especially the Scottish Highlands.


Aboyne dress

Named for the Aboyne Highland Gathering, whose organizing committee designed it.

The dance costume prescribed for females performing the Scottish National dances in competitions at Highland games gatherings. It consists of a dark bodice or elaborate waistcoat, decorative blouse, full tartan skirt and sometimes a petticoat and apron, or a tartan sash.


SOBHD

Initialism of Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing.