plaid

Etymology 1
From, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of. 🇨🇬 is probably a borrowing from Scots.

Also compare 🇨🇬 << 🇨🇬, but the OED finds the sound changes problematic.

Noun

 * 1)  A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.
 * 1) The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.
 * 1) The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: шотландски кариран плат
 * French: tissu écossais
 * Manx: breckan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pledd
 * Russian:, шотла́ндский плед
 * Scots: plaid
 * Spanish: tela escocesa
 * Tagalog: eskosesa
 * Welsh: plod


 * French:
 * German:, Schulerdecke, Umhangtuch
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: plaid
 * Scottish Gaelic: féileadh
 * Tagalog: eskosesa
 * Welsh: plod


 * French: motif écossais
 * German: Schottenstoff, Schottenmuster
 * Polish: w kratkę
 * Russian:
 * Scots: plaid
 * Spanish: cuadros escoceses, cuadrillé
 * Welsh: plod

Adjective

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

Etymology 2
Alternative forms.

Verb

 * 1) * 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..."
 * "...then plaid on the organ, and sung..."

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  placitum kind of medieval council

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) tartan rug (especially one used when travelling/traveling)

Etymology
From,.

Noun

 * 1)  word

Etymology

 * perhaps from a past participle form of.

Noun

 * 1) plaid

Etymology
The original meaning was "row," "rank," later "partition," possibly related to 🇨🇬/🇨🇬; as Proto-Celtic had no p, the term was likely a borrowing, such as /.

Noun

 * 1)  a (political) party