Highland dress

noun

1. the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
2. a modern version of this worn for formal occasions

Example Sentences

The property was decked out in tartan, and Violet bought bagpipes and wore Highland dress.

From BBC

Lynne Fuller was putting through trolley-loads of shopping at Aldi's Inshes store in Inverness when a piper in full Highland dress marched in, followed by her boyfriend Mike Durrant.

From BBC

It included a ban on the wearing of tartan in the form of Highland dress, which the government regarded to be the uniform of the Jacobites.

From BBC

When the British government attempted to restrain the use of “Highland dress” in 1747, after the failed Jacobite Rising, tartan became a testament to endurance, even rebellion.

From New York Times

When they did the following day, the full-back Marquitos disembarking the plane in full Highland dress, a fleet of white convertibles awaited them.

From The Guardian