Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plaid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plaid \Plaid\, n. [Gael. plaide a blanket or plaid, contr. fr.
peallaid a sheepskin, fr. peall a skin or hide. CF.
{Pillion}.]
1. 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. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid
or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plaid \Plaid\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plaid
n : a cloth having a crisscross design [syn: {tartan}]
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