Plaid vs. Tartan

Plaidnoun

(textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.

Plaidnoun

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.

Plaidnoun

The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.

Plaidadjective

Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.

Plaidverb

(archaic) play

Plaidnoun

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.

Plaidnoun

Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

Plaidadjective

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.

Plaidnoun

a cloth having a crisscross design

Plaidnoun

short for Plaid Cymru

Tartannoun

A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans and some Scottish families and institutions having their own distinctive patterns.

Tartannoun

The pattern associated with such material.

Tartannoun

An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.

Tartannoun

Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.

Tartannoun

A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.

Tartannoun

(historical) A kind of long covered carriage.

Tartanadjective

Having a pattern like a tartan.

Tartanadjective

(humorous) Scottish.

Tartanverb

(transitive) To clothe in tartan.

Tartannoun

Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.

Tartannoun

A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.

Tartannoun

a cloth having a crisscross design

Tartan

Tartan (Scottish Gaelic: breacan [ˈpɾʲɛxkən]) (Irish: breacán) is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials.