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Definition of Plaid
1. Noun. A cloth having a crisscross design.
Definition of Plaid
1. n. 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.
2. a. 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.
Definition of Plaid
1. Noun. A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Noun. 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. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
3. Noun. The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
4. Adjective. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another. ¹
5. Verb. (archaic) (past of play) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plaid
1. a woolen scarf of a checkered pattern [n -S] : PLAIDED [adj]
Medical Definition of Plaid
1. 1. 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. 2. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern. Origin: Gael. Plaide a blanket or plaid, contr. Fr. Peallaid a sheepskin, fr. Peall a skin or hide. CF. Pillion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaid
Literary usage of Plaid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"This upper part was the "plaid," which was used as a covering for the ... When the
use of both arms was required, the plaid was fastened across the breast ..."
2. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston (1900)
"THE OULD plaid SHAWL NOT far from old Kinvara, in the merry month of May, When
birds were singing cheerily, there came across my way, As if from out the sky ..."
3. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"... The land o' the rowan, the haw, and the slae: Where waves the blue harebell
in dingle and glade— The land o' the pibroch, the bonnet, and plaid. ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Tartan plaid. A plaid is a long shawl or scarf—some twelve yards of narrow cloth
... A tartan- plaid is a Scotch scarf of a tartan or checked pattern. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"This upper part was the "plaid," which was used as a covering for the ... When the
use of both arms was required, the plaid was fastened across the breast ..."
6. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomas William Rolleston (1900)
"THE OULD plaid SHAWL NOT far from old Kinvara, in the merry month of May, When
birds were singing cheerily, there came across my way, As if from out the sky ..."
7. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"... The land o' the rowan, the haw, and the slae: Where waves the blue harebell
in dingle and glade— The land o' the pibroch, the bonnet, and plaid. ..."
8. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Tartan plaid. A plaid is a long shawl or scarf—some twelve yards of narrow cloth
... A tartan- plaid is a Scotch scarf of a tartan or checked pattern. ..."
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