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Definition of 'plaid'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) plaid
any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a cross-barred pattern.

2. plaid
a pattern of this kind.

3. plaid
a long, rectangular piece of cloth, usu. with such a pattern and worn across the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.

4. (adj.) plaid
having the pattern of a plaid.

Etymology: (1505–15; < ScotGael plaide blanket, plaid (def.

Definition of 'plaid'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tartan, plaid
a cloth having a crisscross design

Definition of 'plaid'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) plaid
having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin

2. (noun) plaid
a rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland

3. (noun) plaid
goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern

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