There's some really awesome camo patterns out there but when it comes to really erasing the human outline a gillie is the way to go. From Wordnik.com. [Four Ways to Customize Your Gillie Suit For Bowhunting] Reference
Here is a link to where I purchased my bow huntin 'gillie, for anyone interested. From Wordnik.com. [Four Ways to Customize Your Gillie Suit For Bowhunting] Reference
But the air she played was not the air of the song she called the 'Welsh dukkerin' gillie 'which I had heard by Beddgelert. From Wordnik.com. [Aylwin] Reference
“Give your horse to the gillie,” said Ranald MacEagh. From Wordnik.com. [A Legend of Montrose] Reference
Ausonius Audacior and gael, gillie, gall. 3 Singalingalying. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
"'Lord, sir,' the gillie exclaimed, 'you've shot the master!'". From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
My temporary gillie D. was by nature taciturn but always willing. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Level the playing field for everyone and see if Bezos is still smiling. — gillie. From Wordnik.com. [Amazon Sues New York State to Void Sales Tax Rules - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Snipers have to make their own gillie when training to blend in with their surroundings. From Wordnik.com. [Four Ways to Customize Your Gillie Suit For Bowhunting] Reference
We intended to send back for any game we might shoot, so only one old gillie accompanied me. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
The gillie was (and is) one of the smartest, now that he has had a few years with the Englishman. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Balmoral, became later a gillie to the Prince Consort, and in 1851 the Queen's personal outdoor attendant. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Victoria] Reference
Finally, for a double wage, I got an old gillie with a cart to bring me as far on the way as the highroad ran. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
Indeed it is said that some anglers, after hooking a salmon, hand the rod to a gillie to work and land the fish. From Wordnik.com. [Scotch Loch-Fishing] Reference
Probably he never saw the stag -- it was behind him; and we -- the gillie and I-- neither of us saw anything else. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Our gillie, who met us at Stanley station, admitted this; yes, but 2 ft. less of water would warrant better confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
With cries, with tears, with names of affection, the gillie ran to his master, who I saw was not very seriously injured. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
The stalwart Norsk gillie who attends him found it a trifle too easy yesterday, for it gave way and let him into the river. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
“He uses the attendance of a noble Scottish gentleman with as little ceremony as I would that of a gillie from Glen Isla.”. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
"Master," cried the gillie, "I would like well to have this on my own hands," and he looked at me with great venom as he spoke. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
The gillie did not take up the gaff now, and my hopes were dashed, for it meant that he had recognised a kelt, which must be tailed. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
On the other hand, Colonials adopt more the tactics of a Scotch gillie in a deer forest, whose object is to see, but not to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [With Rimington] Reference
He had scarcely spoken when his attention was called by Duncan to some object that the gillie had been regarding for some minutes back. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
A footnote annexed to the humble name almost always contains a short biography of the individual, whether wardrobe-maid, groom, or gillie. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901] Reference
You shall see; here's the answer to your gillie. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
But he was called away, and he left me with the gillie. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
One would like to act as gillie to those lordly amateurs. From Wordnik.com. [Angling Sketches] Reference
The other two were a tattered gillie in the Macdonald tartan and. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
Mary's servant, Gilroy, red servant, we have the Highland "gillie.". From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Names] Reference
Five minutes later I was helping the gillie in the boat pull across to. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
He opened it impatiently to a tall gillie, who instantly strode into the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Bell-Ringer of Angel's] Reference
The gillie slid a quick glance towards the door, but the consul was before him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bell-Ringer of Angel's] Reference
"I don't clearly know what a gillie is," he said, in answer to one of Frank's explanations. From Wordnik.com. [The Eustace Diamonds] Reference
My eyes went to the face of the gillie and encountered the winsome smile of the Young Chevalier. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference
When we came to the door he was seated by his rock chimney, watching a gillie about some cookery. From Wordnik.com. [Kidnapped] Reference
Take my blessing with ye, and a little bit of a gillie to cheer your hearts with when ye are weary. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
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