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plaid

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1. A rectangular woolen scarf of a tartan pattern worn over the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.
2. 1. Cloth with a tartan or checked pattern.
   2. A pattern of this kind.

[Scottish Gaelic plaide.]

A piper wearing a full plaid across his shoulder

Plaid (pronounced /ˈplæd/) is a Scots language word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woollen cloth. It is unclear if the Gaelic word Plaide came first.

• A plaid or full plaid is a pleated cloth worn with the modern kilt, made from the same tartan and worn cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front.

• The belted plaid or great kilt is an earlier form of the kilt.

• A plaid rug is a large thick woolen twill cloth, often tartan, used as a travel rug or as a blanket.

• "Plaid" is also used as a synonym for tartan or, in the USA, any checked cloth.

Plaid may also refer to:

• Plaid (band), a British electronic music duo, taking their name from the Welsh word for party
• Plaid (album), an album by guitarist Blues Saraceno
• Plaid Cymru, the largest political party advocating independence for Wales
• Plaid, an assembly held twice a year during the Carolingian era

See also

• Forever Plaid, a musical comedy play
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, a comedy movie from 1982

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - plaid, skotskternet stof

Nederlands (Dutch)
plaid, (geruite) deken voor op reis

Français (French)
n. - tissu écossais, motif écossais, plaid
adj. - écossais (motif, jupe)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Plaid, Schottenkaro
adj. - kariert

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ύφασμα) "σκοτσέζικο", καρό
attrib. - σκοτσέζικο καρό

Italiano (Italian)
plaid, coperta leggera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tipo de xale escocês (m), tecido xadrez usado para confeccioná-lo (m)

Русский (Russian)
плед

Español (Spanish)
n. - tartán, manta escocesa
adj. - de tartán, a cuadros escoceses

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pläd, schal
attr. - skotskrutigt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
彩格披肩, 彩格布, 彩格呢, 格子图案

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 彩格披肩, 彩格布, 彩格呢, 格子圖案

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 격자 무늬의 스카치 모직물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - プレード, 格子縞
adj. - 格子縞の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نسيج مربع النقش أو متصلبه, مربع النقش (صفه) مصمم على شكل القماش المنقوش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אריג משובץ, רדיד-צמר צבעוני‬

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