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ar⋅gyle

[ahr-gahyl] (often initial capital letter)
–adjective
1. (of knitted articles) having a diamond-shaped pattern in two or more colors.
–noun
2. a diamond-shaped pattern of two or more colors, used in knitting socks, sweaters, etc.
3. a sock having this pattern.

Origin:
1790–1800; var. of Argyll; so called because orig. patterned after the tartan of this clan
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n.  
  1. A knitting pattern of varicolored, diamond-shaped areas on a solid background.

  2. A sock knit in this pattern.


[After Clan Campbell of Argyle, Argyll, a former county of western Scotland, originally from the pattern of their tartan.]
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