Engineering:Mattucashlass
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A mattucashlass is a type of dagger worn concealed in the armpit and primarily used for close combat, part of traditional Scottish male Highland dress.[1] It is also referred to as an armpit dagger[1] or a sleeve dagger in English. In Scots, the alternative name skene-ochil or skene-occles can also be found.[2]
Etymology
The term mattucashlass derives from Scottish Gaelic: biodag-achlais[3] (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [pit̪akˈaxl̪ˠɪʃ], biodag meaning "dagger" and achlais "armpit") presumably via the dialectal by-form miodag, which is attested in Shaw's 1788 Galic and English Dictionary.[4]
It is also known in Gaelic as the sgian-achlais (sgian meaning "knife"),[5] from which the Scots term skene-ochil or skene-occles is derived.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Duane, William A Military Dictionary Philadelphia, 1810
- ↑ "skean". Dictionary of the Scots Language. http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/skean.
- ↑ "Dagger". Am Faclair Beag. http://www.faclair.com/?txtSearch=dagger.
- ↑ Shaw, William Galic and English Dictionary 1780
- ↑ "Sgian-achlais". Am Faclair Beag. http://www.faclair.com/?txtSearch=sgian-achlais.
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