Complete Definition of "plaid"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æd|-æd

Adjective
en-adj
#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.

Noun
en-noun
#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.
#Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

Verb
plaid

  1. Past tense of to play (archaic)

#* 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 134,
#*: "...then plaid on the organ, and sung..."

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