Associations to the word «Plaid»

Wiktionary

PLAID, noun. (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern. [from 16thc.]
PLAID, 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. [from 16thc.]
PLAID, noun. The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan. [from 19thc.]
PLAID, adjective. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.
PLAID, verb. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of play

Dictionary definition

PLAID, noun. A cloth having a crisscross design.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats