skean dhu

noun
🔊/ˌskiːən ˈduː/, 🔊/ˌskiːn ˈduː/
🔊/ˌskiːən ˈduː/, 🔊/ˌskiːn ˈduː/
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  1. a knife which is worn inside a sock with traditional Scottish clothing
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from skean (from Irish and Scottish Gaelic sgian ‘knife’) + Scottish Gaelic dubh ‘black’.