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• SPORRAN (Gaelic sporan, purse, pouch)

SPORRAN (Gaelic sporan, See also:

• PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse, pouch)  , a pouch which is worn, in Highland See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume, See also:

• HANGING

hanging from the See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt over the front of the See also:

• KILT

kilt . The older sporrans were quite modest See also:

• OBJECTS

objects and ordinarily of See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather; in See also:

• MODERN

modern Highland costume and in the See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform of Highland kilted regiments it has become a highly ornamental See also:

• ADJUNCT (from Lat. ad, to, and jungere, to join)

adjunct, with See also:

• SILVER

silver or See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal rims, and a heavy See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long backing of horsehair or See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur .