Definition of Plaids

1. Noun. (plural of plaid) ¹

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Definition of Plaids

1. plaid [n] - See also: plaid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaids

plaguier
plaguiest
plaguily
plaguing
plaguy
plaice
plaices
plaided
plaiding
plaidings
plaidman
plaidmen
plaidoyer
plaidoyers
plaids (current term)
plaigiarism
plain
plain-clothes
plain-hearted
plain-paper
plain-song
plain-winged antshrike
plain-winged antshrikes
plain-woven
plain Jane
plain Janes
plain and simple
plain as a pikestaff
plain as the nose on one's face

Literary usage of Plaids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"It may be chequered or not; but the English use of the word in such a compound as Scotch-plaids, meaning chequered cloth, is a blunder for Scotch tartans. ..."

2. Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"... probably because it was made of the same party-coloured cloth with their plaids ; as Breac in that language signifies anything that is party-coloured. ..."

3. The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter (1827)
"She lay on the ground, on which he had caused several plaids to be spread to make her a couch ; and her head still leaned on his bosom, when she opened her ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"... the author adds, in the pastoral counties in the south of Scotland are actually a finer sort of blankets: and so are the plaids worn by the wive* and ..."

5. Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands by John Brown Dillon, Ben Douglass (1879)
"... checked cottons or Scotch plaids, as aforesaid, to seize and take away the same, to their own use, ..."

6. Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands by John Brown Dillon, Ben Douglass (1879)
"... checked cottons or Scotch plaids, as aforesaid, to seize and take away the same, to their own use, benefit and behoof, any law, usage or custom to the ..."

7. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"It may be chequered or not; but the English use of the word in such a compound as Scotch-plaids, meaning chequered cloth, is a blunder for Scotch tartans. ..."

8. Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"... probably because it was made of the same party-coloured cloth with their plaids ; as Breac in that language signifies anything that is party-coloured. ..."

9. The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter (1827)
"She lay on the ground, on which he had caused several plaids to be spread to make her a couch ; and her head still leaned on his bosom, when she opened her ..."

10. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"... the author adds, in the pastoral counties in the south of Scotland are actually a finer sort of blankets: and so are the plaids worn by the wive* and ..."

11. Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands by John Brown Dillon, Ben Douglass (1879)
"... checked cottons or Scotch plaids, as aforesaid, to seize and take away the same, to their own use, ..."

12. Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands by John Brown Dillon, Ben Douglass (1879)
"... checked cottons or Scotch plaids, as aforesaid, to seize and take away the same, to their own use, benefit and behoof, any law, usage or custom to the ..."

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