plaid
English
Etymology 1
From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”) is probably a borrowing from Scots.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /pled/, /plad/
- (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /plæd/
- (General American, US) IPA(key): /plæd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æd
Noun
plaid (countable and uncountable, plural plaids)
- (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. [from 16thc.]
- 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., OCLC 580270828, page 01:
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
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- 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. [from 16thc.]
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p.47:
- In battle, the plaid was customarily shrugged off before the charge bit home, and the warrior came into contact with only his long, saffron shirt (‘leine chrochach’) to preserve modesty.
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p.47:
- The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. [from 19thc.]
Translations
material
piece of clothing
pattern
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Adjective
plaid (comparative more plaid, superlative most plaid)
- 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
plaid
- (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of play
- 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..."
- 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 134,
Italian
Old French
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) pled
Scots
Etymology
Origin uncertain; perhaps from a past participle form of ply.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pled/
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plai̯d/
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