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Definition of plaider - 2 dictionary results

plaid

  [plad]
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–noun
1. any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
2. a pattern of this kind.
3. a long, rectangular piece of cloth, usually with such a pattern and worn across the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.
–adjective
4. having the pattern of a plaid.
Origin:
1505–15; < ScotGael plaide blanket, plaid (def. 3)
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Word Origin & History

plaid 
1512, from Scottish, from Gaelic plaide "blanket, mantle," of unknown origin, perhaps a contraction of peallaid "sheepskin," from peall "skin," from L. pellis (but OED finds this "phonetically improbable"). The wearing of it by males forbidden by act of parliament, under penalty of transportation, 1746-82.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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