gillie

• Nom anglais désignant, d'une part, un jeune servant ou assistant qui accompagne un chasseur ou un pêcheur, notamment en Écosse, et d'autre part, un type de chaussure sans languette avec un laçage décoratif sur le cou-de-pied, souvent portée pour la danse.

A noun with two meanings: a young male attendant to a Scottish Highland chief, or a type of shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep.

1. Chief's attendantC1formalbritish

   A young male servant or attendant to a Scottish Highland chief.

   serviteur de chef de clan écossais

   • The chief's gillie accompanied him during the hunt.
   • In old Scottish tradition, a gillie was a loyal assistant to the clan leader.
   • The young gillie carried the chief's weapons and provided support.

   Synonymeshenchman

2. Type of shoeB2formal

   A shoe style characterized by lacking a tongue and having decorative lacing across the instep.

   Chaussure type gillie

   • She wore elegant gillies for the outdoor wedding.
   • Gillie shoes are popular in traditional Scottish dance.
   • The shoe shop displayed several pairs of leather gillies.

   Synonymesghillie