a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
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a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
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Gillie \Gil"lie\ Gilly \Gil"ly\, n. [Gael. gille, giolla, boy, lad.] A boy or young man; a manservant; a young male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands. --Sir W. Scott. [WordNet sense 1]
2. a lowcut shoe without a tongue and decorative lacing.
Syn: ghillie. [WordNet 1.5]
The gillie groaned, the man from Trout and Salmon magazine groaned also and Midwood groaned too, but I was happy.