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Gillie (other)
A gillie or ghillie is an assistant who attends to a person who is hunting or fishing in Scotland. Ghillie or gillie may also refer to: * Ghillie brogues, a type of brogue shoe * Ghillie kettle, a type of portable water boiler * Ghillie suit, a camouflage outfit * Ghillie shirt, a traditional Scottish style of shirt * Ghillie Dhu, a Scottish faerie * Ghillies (dance shoes), shoes used in Irish and Scottish dancing People * Annis Gillie (1900–1985), British physician * Cecilia Gillie (1907–1996), English radio executive * Farrand Gillie (1905–1972), Canadian professional ice hockey player * George W. Gillie (1880–1963), U.S. congressman from Indiana * Ghillie Basan (born 1962), Scottish food and travel writer * Gillie Alldis (1920–1998), football wing half * Gillie Larew (1882–1977), American mathematician * Gillie Potter (1887–1975), English comedian and broadcaster * Gillie Schattner (born 1965), of Australian sculptors Gillie and Marc * Gillie Wilson (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillie
''Gillie'' or ''ghillie'' is an ancient Gaelic term for a person who acts as a servant or attendant on a fishing, hunting, deer stalking or hawking expedition, primarily in the Scottish Highlands or on a river such as the River Spey. In origin it referred especially to someone who attended on his male employer or guests. This position still exists in some Highland locations , such as the Isle of Skye, according to the BBC. They are no longer "manservants" or "attendants" and do not carry Chiefs across rivers as in the distant past; today, they "manage the wilderness and guide travellers through it". Etymology The origin of this word dates from the late 16th century, from the Scottish Gaelic ''gille'', "lad, servant", cognate with the Irish ''giolla''. Historically, the term was used for a Highland chief's attendant. A ghillie-weetfit, a term now obsolete (a translation of "gille-caisfliuch", from the Gaelic ''cos'' 'foot' or 'leg', and ''fliuch'' 'wet'), was the ghillie whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillie Alldis
Gilbert John Alldis (26 January 1920 – 1998) was a footballer who played as a wing half for Tranmere Rovers, New Brighton, Prescot Cables and Bangor City Bangor City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Bangor) are an inactive Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. They started the 2021–22 season in the Cymru North the second level of the Welsh football league system, but .... References English men's footballers Tranmere Rovers F.C. players New Brighton A.F.C. players Prescot Cables F.C. players Bangor City F.C. players 1920 births 1998 deaths Footballers from Birkenhead Men's association football wing halves English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gille (other)
''Gillie'' or ''ghillie'' is an ancient Gaelic term for a person who acts as a servant or attendant on a fishing, hunting, deer stalking or hawking expedition, primarily in the Scottish Highlands or on a river such as the River Spey. In origin it referred especially to someone who attended on his male employer or guests. This position still exists in some Highland locations , such as the Isle of Skye, according to the BBC. They are no longer "manservants" or "attendants" and do not carry Chiefs across rivers as in the distant past; today, they "manage the wilderness and guide travellers through it". Etymology The origin of this word dates from the late 16th century, from the Scottish Gaelic ''gille'', "lad, servant", cognate with the Irish ''giolla''. Historically, the term was used for a Highland chief's attendant. A ghillie-weetfit, a term now obsolete (a translation of "gille-caisfliuch", from the Gaelic ''cos'' 'foot' or 'leg', and ''fliuch'' 'wet'), was the ghillie whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
