Plaid (pattern)

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• A plaid or full plaid
  Full plaid
  
  A full plaid is a long piece of tartan fabric, traditionally worn as part of a full highland dress uniform. It usually matches the tartan of the kilt....
   is a pleated cloth worn with the modern kilt
  Kilt
  
  The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century....
  , made from the same tartan and worn cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front. A similar plaid in checked cloth was formerly worn by Scottish lowlands
  Scottish Lowlands
  
  The Scottish Lowlands , although not officially a geographical area of the country, in normal usage is generally meant to include those parts of Scotland not referred to as the Scottish Highlands , that is, everywhere due south and east of a line between Stonehaven and Helensburgh ....
   shepherds but is now most common as a dress uniform.

• The belted plaid
  Belted plaid
  
  The belted plaid is basically a large blanket-like piece of fabric which is wrapped around one's body with the material pleated or, more accurately, loosely gathered and secured at the waist by means of a belt....
   or great kilt is an earlier form of the kilt
  Kilt
  
  The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century....
  . It consists of a double width of thick woollen cloth worn pleated and fastened around the waist by a belt, with the upper half often cast over the shoulder but sometimes hanging down over the belt and gathered up at the front or brought up over the head for protection against weather. This was worn over a leine (or shirt) and formed an all-weather outfit that also served as a blanket or bedroll for sleeping outdoors. It is mostly associated with the Scottish highlands
  Scottish Highlands
  
  The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
  , but was also used in lowland rural areas.

• A plaid rug is a large thick woolen twill
  Twill
  
  Twill is a type of textile weaving with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs.It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more Warp threads and then under two or more warp threads and so on, with a "step" or offset between rows to create the characteristic diagonal pattern....
   cloth, often tartan
  Tartan
  
  Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven cloth, now used in many other materials....
  , used as a travel rug
  Rug
  
  A rug can be:* a floor covering produced by rug making* a carpet command-line interface to the ZENworks Linux Management agent, which uses Red Carpet for Linux Management...
   or as a blanket
  Blanket
  
  A blanket is a type of bedding, generally speaking a large piece of cloth, intended to keep the user warm, especially while sleeping. Blankets are distinguished from Bed sheets by their thickness and purpose; the thickest sheet is still thinner than the lightest blanket, because blankets are for warmth, while sheets are for hygiene, comfort...
  . It may be laid on the ground as a groundcloth for a picnic
  Picnic
  
  In contemporary usage, picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors , ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance, and usually in Summer....
  .

• "Plaid" is also American English
  American English
  
  PhonologyIn many ways, compared to English language in England, North American English is conservative in its phonology. Some distinctive accents can be found on the East Coast of the United States , partly because these areas were in contact with England, and imitated prestigious varieties of English English at a time when those varieties we...
   for tartan
  Tartan
  
  Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven cloth, now used in many other materials....
  . Tartan is cloth made with alternating stripes and bands of color woven into or dyed onto the fabric. This makes blocks of color that repeat vertically and horizontally in a pattern of squares and lines.

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• Tartan
  Tartan
  
  Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven cloth, now used in many other materials....