Plaid Definition

plăd
noun
Cloth, often made of wool, with a tartan or checked pattern.
American Heritage
A fabric with stripes or bars of various colors and widths that cross at right angles.
Webster's New World
A long piece of twilled woolen cloth with a crossbarred pattern, worn over the shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.
Webster's New World
Any pattern of this kind.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • tartan
  • filibeg
  • Highland plaid
  • checkered cloth
  • crossbarred cloth
  • kilt
  • Scotch Highland plaid
adjective
Having a pattern of plaid.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
verb

(archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of play.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Plaid

Noun

Singular:
plaid
Plural:
plaids

Origin of Plaid

  • From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket") is probably a borrowing from Scots.

    From Wiktionary

  • Scottish Gaelic plaide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alternative forms.

    From Wiktionary

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