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ghillies

n. (plural of ghillie English)

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Ghillies (dance)

Ghillies are specially designed shoes used for several types of dance. They are soft shoes, similar to ballet shoes. They are used by women in Irish dance, by men in Scottish country dance, and by men and women in Highland dance.

Ghillies are also sometimes known by a variety of other names that include: light shoes, pomps, pumps, and soft shoes.

Usage examples of "ghillies".

From the top of the three eagle feathers in his bonnet down to his ghillies he was every woman's fantasy idea of a Highlander.

Lynette looked as if she had dressed to dance the Highland fling: pleated green tartan, black velvet jacket, and ghillies with long laces wound about her white-stockinged legs.

James took his family to set off south, Himself left to meet his guests and ghillies at Crathie to bother the silver swimmers in the Spey, and Jed arrived to pick me up and set my normal life back on course.

Why, man, with an army of Highland ghillies I doubt if it could be done in under a week.

Seemed an awful lazy way to hunt, though, with one guy loading my gun for me, and another platoon of ghillies driving the game.