> On 17 Apr 2017, at 20:38, Rob Davenport <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ah Google says 'gillie' noun, noun: ghillie
>       • 1.
> (in Scotland) a man or boy who attends someone on a hunting or fishing expedition.
>       • 2.
> a type of shoe with laces along the instep and no tongue, especially those used for Scottish country dancing.
>
> So I suppose someone attending the main hunter might dress to disguise himself (like the ghillie suit)...
> If also says they can be a type of gameskeeper, trying to prevent poaching - thus a camo suit would come in handy...
> "... from the Scottish Gaelic gille, "lad, servant".  [...] Historically, the term was used for a Highland chief's attendant."
> Interesting but not quite what Jeff's looking for I think - though as a word mutated over the centuries it could be good.  "Gille" - gone from the lowly meaning to one of high repute?

Apologies, my bad :(. I should have indicated that I was forking the topic. I was just showing off, but MotG was a favourite show when it was on.