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Aboyne dress

Aboyne dress noun: 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.

aboyne dress: the dance costume prescribed for females performing the Scottish National dances in competitions at...
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Noun

Aboyne dress (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Origin of Aboyne dress

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

Questions about Aboyne dress

What does Aboyne dress mean?
Aboyne dress means 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.
What part of speech is Aboyne dress?
Aboyne dress is a noun.

Words near Aboyne dress in the dictionary

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  11. ABPA

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