Tartan meaning
A plaid fabric.
noun
Any of numerous textile patterns consisting of stripes of varying widths and colors crossed at right angles against a solid background, each forming a distinctive design worn by the members of a Scottish clan.
noun
A twilled wool fabric or garment having such a pattern.
noun
A small, single-masted Mediterranean ship with a large lateen sail.
noun
Woolen cloth with a woven pattern of straight lines of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, esp. as traditionally worn in the Scottish Highlands, with each clan having its own pattern.
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Any plaid cloth like this.
noun
Any tartan pattern.
noun
A garment made of tartan.
noun
Of, like, or made of tartan.
adjective
A small, single-masted Mediterranean ship with a large lateen sail and a jib.
noun
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A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns.
noun
The pattern associated with such material.
noun
Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.
noun
Having a pattern like a tartan.
adjective
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A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.
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Origin of tartan
Blend of Middle English tartaryn (“rich material"), from Middle French tartarin (“Tartar cloth"), and Middle French tiretaine (“cloth of mixed fibers"), from Old French tiret (“kind of cloth"), from tire (“oriental cloth of silk"), from Medieval Latin tyrius (“material from Tyre"), from Latin Tyrus (“Tyre").