Scottish clothing
Arisaid - when Jamie sits next to Claire at the potato feast at Lallybroch, Claire notes that she can feel his body heat through "the folds of plaid and arisaid" (DIA, chapter 32) An arisaid is an item of traditional Scottish women's clothing, similar to the plaid worn by Scottish men. The arisaid was finer and longer than the plaid and usually in a white fabric with large, bright patterns. The arisaid was worn over a thick long-sleeved petticoat. It was pleated in the same way as a plaid and fastened around the waist with a belt with the spare fabric wrapped around the shoulders and fixed at the front with a pin. There was usually enough fabric in an arisaid for a hood to be pulled over the woman's head when cold or wet. The Gaelic form of the anglicised arisaid is earasaid. Claire describes the arisaid as a tartan shawl, but it is more than that (DIA, chapter 40)
Kilt - knee length garment with pleats at the rear worn wrapped around the waist and usually held in place with a belt. Also called the little kilt to distinguish it from the plaid or great kilt. The kilt is often worn with a separate small plaid over the shoulders.
Plaid - the belted plaid or great kilt is traditional Highland dress made up of about 5 metres (18 feet) of double width tartan.
Sporran - pouch worn on a leather strap and worn over the top of a kilt in front of the groin. Jamie wears a badger-skin sporran when he marries Claire (Outlander only, chapter 14)
Kilt - knee length garment with pleats at the rear worn wrapped around the waist and usually held in place with a belt. Also called the little kilt to distinguish it from the plaid or great kilt. The kilt is often worn with a separate small plaid over the shoulders.
Plaid - the belted plaid or great kilt is traditional Highland dress made up of about 5 metres (18 feet) of double width tartan.
Sporran - pouch worn on a leather strap and worn over the top of a kilt in front of the groin. Jamie wears a badger-skin sporran when he marries Claire (Outlander only, chapter 14)