apparently in Australian army, they call ghillie suits "yowie suits" (a yowie is an aboriginal cryptid monster.). Did you know anything behind the etymology of "ghilie" at all? Almost sounds like an gaelic word. Thanks
The word ghillie is used for more than just the suit, most of them surround scotland tho, here are some examples:
A man or boy who attends someone on a hunting or fishing expedition. (This can be both a verb or noun, but as a verb it would be said as âTo be a ghillieâ)
A type of shoe with laces along the instep and no tongue, especially those used for Scottish country dancing.
late 16th century: from Scottish Gaelic gille âlad, servant.â The word was also found in the term gilliewetfoot, denoting a servant who carried the chief over a stream, used as a contemptuous name by Lowlanders for the follower of a Highland chief. Sense 2 dates from the 1930s.
Another notable one is a gillie which is a gille of an alcoholic drink.
I hope this helped a bit!
