skean dhu
[ th oo, doo ]
/ ðu, du /
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 of skean dhu
First recorded in 1810–20,
skean dhu is from the Scots Gaelic word
sgian dhubh literally, black skean
Words nearby skean dhu
Example sentences from the Web for skean-dhu
Skean-dhu, a small dirk which a Highlander wears in his stocking.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James WoodA wee bit clamsheuchar wi' my Lochaper axe, or a brog wi' my skean-dhu, will make them quate aneuch, my letty.