On 16 Apr 2017 20:46, "Phil Pugliese (via tml list)" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

Alternatively, in an old, old 'Dr Who' episode a scottish lord of some kind had a JOAT-type person at his disposal who was simply called "The Caber".

Just don't toss him end over end...

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 3:48 PM, David Shaw <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

Ghillie. And you're quite right with laird.

I quite like that 'Ghillie' - but how did that also come to be used in the 'ghillie suit' camo usage? Hmmm....