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plaid
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As a noun, plaid means a type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. As an adjective, it means having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan.
Meanings of plaid
5 meaningsnoun
textilesA type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
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.
The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.
A cloth having a crisscross design
Similar: tartan
adjective
Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of play
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).