- cidhis
- a mask, vizard (M`D.), luchd cidhis, masqueraders; from Scottish gyis, a mask, gysars, masqueraders, Middle English gi$$-sen, to dress, English guise, disguise; all from Old French guise, modus, desguiser, disguise. The Scottish was directly borrowed in the Stuart period.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.