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adj
Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Short for Plaid Cymru.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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noun
A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
simple past and past participle of play
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Usage: archaic, form-of, participle, past
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noun
a cloth having a crisscross design
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tartan
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”) is probably a borrowing from Scots. Also compare Scottish Gaelic peall (“covering, veil, blanket”) << Latin pellis (“hide, covering”), but the OED finds the sound changes problematic.
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