But it was not only as a convenient and durable mode of apparel that the kilt and philibeg were advantageous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

On seeing the Prince eat heartily, whilst only in his shirt and philibeg, Captain Donald Macdonald could not forbear smiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

This garb, which excited the attention and admiration of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, consisted of the truis, the kilted plaid, and philibeg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

Before he sat down, he got his dram; and then the company desired him to shift, and put on a dry shirt, Captain Roy Macdonald giving him his philibeg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

He had discarded the old black kilt, philibeg, and waistcoat which he had worn at Loch Arkeg, for a coarse, brown, short coat: a new article of dress, such as a pair of shoes and a new shirt, had lately replenished his wardrobe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference

He had his tartan plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribband like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference

Highland costume, with his plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribbon like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

Nor was the philibeg assumed merely for the convenience of the passage over the Esk. "I did not know," writes Lord George, "but the enemy might have come from Penrith by Brampton, so shunned the water of Eden, to have attacked us in passing this water of Esk; and nothing encouraged the men more, than seeing their officers dressed like themselves, and ready to share their fate.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

Authentic tartan plaid and philibeg, at that epoch, -- to the wonder of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Early Kings of Norway] Reference

He had thought of Donald only as a "fair, false Highlander" in tartan, kilt, and philibeg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scottish sketches] Reference

The philibeg or kilt, as distinct from the plaid, in all probability, is comparatively modern.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America] Reference

Until quite recently it was believed that the plaid, philibeg and bonnet formed the ancient garb.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America] Reference

As soon as they were at the inn Donald insisted on his changing his clothes, and Malcolm at once gave him his own dry philibeg.    From Wordnik.com.  [The True Story Book] Reference

House at twelve o'clock, and as I had no fancy to drive through the town in my cab dressed in a kilt and philibeg, I agreed to take a seat in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference

And she was right; for rather than wear anything instead of the philibeg, Duncan would have plaited himself one with his own blind fingers out of an old sack.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malcolm] Reference

That there was some danger in the attempt I knew, but it had been minimized by the philibeg and hose, the Glengarry bonnet and Macleod plaid which I had donned at the instance of Malcolm.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45] Reference

Upon the road to Portree, Prince Charles changed his dress, and put on man's clothes again; a tartan short coat and waistcoat, with philibeg and short hose, a plaid, and a wig and bonnet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Johnson]

He had his Tartan plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribband like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a Tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and Tartan hose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Johnson]

The gigantic barbarians of the cantons, flaunting with plumes and emblazoned surcoats, the chivalry of France, splendid with silk mantles and gilded corselets, the Scotch guard in their wild costume of kilt and philibeg, the scythe-like halberds of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots] Reference

Upon the road to Portree, Prince Charles changed his dress, and put on man’s clothes again; a tartan short coat and a waistcoat, with philibeg and short hose, a plaid, and a wig and bonnet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference

We were to meet at B — — House at twelve o’clock, and as I had no fancy to drive through the town in my cab dressed in a kilt and philibeg, I agreed to take a seat in Dawdley’s carriage, and to dress at his house in May Fair.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference

The cut of Adam's philibeg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Burns] Reference

The cut of Adam's philibeg.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham] Reference

‘I was wearing the philibeg!’.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Bones Will Keep]

With his philibeg an 'tartan plaid.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham] Reference

With his philibeg an’ tartan plaid, 135.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata] Reference

"I was this day," he says "in my philibeg.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

"The Roman theory of the kilt is, indeed, demolished at one blow, by the fact, that this article of dress in an independent form, or the philibeg, (feala beg), is of very modern introduction, and, what is still worse, that it was the invention of an Englishman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 41, August 10, 1850] Reference

"Johnny's grey breeks" -- neat but not gaudy -- mud-repellers -- themselves a host -- never in all their lives "thoroughly wet through" -- frost-proof -- and often mistaken by the shepherd on the wold, as the Telegraph hung for a moment on the misty upland, for the philibeg of Phoebus in his dawn-dress, hastily slipt on as he bade farewell to some star-paramour, and, like a giant about to run a race, devoured the cerulean course of day, as if impatient to reach the goal set in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2] Reference