tam-o'-shanter
11tam-o'-shanter — tam o shan•ter [[t]ˈtæm əˌʃæn tər[/t]] n. clo a round, flat cap of Scottish origin, usu. of wool, with a pompom at its center • Etymology: 1880–85; after the hero of Tam O Shanter (1791), poem by Robert Burns …
12Tam o' Shanter — est un poème écrit par le poète écossais Robert Burns en 1790. Edité initialement en 1791, c est l un des plus longs poèmes de Burns. Il est écrit dans un mélange d anglais et d écossais. Il raconte l histoire d un homme resté trop longtemps au… …
13Tam o’ Shanter — a poem (1790) by Robert Burns. Tam o’ Shanter, a Scottish farmer, gets drunk one night, and when he is riding home he sees three witches and they begin to follow him. He rides away as fast as possible and escapes by crossing a bridge over a river …
14Tam-O'-Shanter — The tarn, the standard headgear of Scots ploughmen, was a shortened form of tam o shanter. This cap was usually made of wool or cloth, and while fitting snugly to the head and around the brow, it was wider than the headband. Its distinctive… …
15tam-o'-shanter — UK [ˌtæm ə ˈʃæntə(r)] / US [ˈtæməˌʃæntər] noun [countable] Word forms tam o shanter : singular tam o shanter plural tam o shanters a Scottish hat made of cloth. It has a flat top with a ball of wool called a pompom in the middle …
16Tam o' Shanter — noun Date: 1791 1. the hero of Burns s poem Tam o Shanter 2. (usually tam o shanter) a woolen cap of Scottish origin with a tight headband, wide flat circular crown, and usually a pompon in the center …
17tam-o'-shanter — /tæm ə ˈʃæntə / (say tam uh shantuh) noun a cap, of Scottish origin, with a flat crown larger in diameter than the headband. Also, tam, tammy. {from Tam O Shanter, the hero of a poem written in 1790 by Robert Burns} …
18tam-o'-shanter — noun see Tam o Shanter 2 …
19tam-o’-shanter — Scottish cap, named after the hero in the Burns poem Tam o’Shanter …
20tam-o'-shanter — n. a round woollen or cloth cap of Scottish origin fitting closely round the brows but large and full above. Etymology: the hero of Burns s Tam o Shanter …
