skean
Highland blade, hidden
A skean is a dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland, typically with a double-edged blade.
The word appears most often in skean-dhu, the small knife worn in the stocking as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress.
Flat cutting edge
- dirkLong Scottish dagger
- stabPierce with point
- thrustForceful forward motion
- sheathProtective blade covering
sharp · point · edge · steel · hilt · knife · piercing · scabbard
Celtic linguistic tradition
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- HighlandScottish upland region
- ScottishOf that northern kingdom
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
kilt · tartan · sporran · Hibernia · warrior · chieftain · regalia · ceremonial
Of the Middle Ages
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- relicPreserved ancient object
- Iron AgePost-bronze historical period
Bronze Age · archaeology · excavation · museum · Celtic · tribal · warfare · ritual
blade
Flat cutting edge
sheath · sharp · point · edge · steel · hilt · knife · piercing · scabbard · handle
Gaelic
Celtic linguistic tradition
clan · kilt · tartan · sporran · Hibernia · warrior · chieftain · regalia · ceremonial · traditional
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
Iron Age · Bronze Age · archaeology · excavation · museum · Celtic · tribal · warfare · ritual · ceremonial
skeanclaymore
Scottish great sword
greatsword · longsword · broadsword · bastard sword · halberd