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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A rectangular woolen scarf of a tartan pattern worn over the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.
  2. n. Cloth with a tartan or checked pattern.
  3. n. A pattern of this kind.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A garment of woolen cloth, often having a tartan pattern. See tartan. It is a large rectangular piece of woolen stuff, and is worn in Scotland by both sexes for warmth and for protection against the weather. It is a special dress of the Highlanders, and forms part of the uniform of certain infantry regiments in the British army. A variety of the plaid is called maud.
  2. n. In general, any fabric having a pattern consisting of colored bars or stripes crossing each other in imitation of the Scottish tartan.
  3. n. A pattern of bars crossing each other at right angles on anything.
  4. Ornamented with a pattern of bars or stripes of color crossing one another at right angles: said especially of textile fabrics: as, a plaid silk ribbon; a plaid waistcoat.
  5. Checkered.

Wiktionary

  1. v. archaic Simple past tense and past participle of play.
  2. adj. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. 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.
  2. n. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
  3. adj. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a cloth having a crisscross design

Etymologies

  1. From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide ("blanket") is probably a borrowing from Scots. (Wiktionary)
  2. Scottish Gaelic plaide. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “School children in plaid uniforms and sanitation workers in blue jumpsuits stood in attendance as government officials made speeches and the priest swung the holy water, climbing inside every vehicle to bless the interiors as well.”

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  • “Pearl knew that when Mary was telling a story to the boys she always clothed her leading lady in plaid, and from this she inferred how Mary's tastes ran!”

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  • “I saw the glance that fell, scarcely touching, on my plain plaid frock.”

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