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Plaid is a Scottish word for a blanket, the belted version of which was the original kilt -feilidh-mhor or great kilt. Nowadays it is used to refer to the pleated cloth worn with the kilt (feileadh beag or little kilt). Plaid has a different meaning in North America and is used to generally mean Tartan.

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