brèideach

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From brèid (patch, kerchief, woman's headdress) +‎ -each (noun suffix). Stems from the tradition of Highland women wearing a white linen kerchief after their wedding night; maidens wore the stiom, a headband, but were otherwise bareheaded until marriage.

Noun

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brèideach f (genitive singular brèidich, plural brèidich)

  1. (obsolete) matron, married woman, wife