Plaid (pattern)
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A plaid is a pattern consisting of crossed horizontal and vertical bands in two or more colors in woven cloth.
Common examples of plaid patterns include:
Plaid
Plaid may refer to:Material* A plaid or full plaid is a pleated cloth worn with the modern kilt, made from the same tartan and worn cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front* The belted plaid or "great kilt", earlier form of the kilt...
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A plaid is a pattern consisting of crossed horizontal and vertical bands in two or more colors in woven cloth.
Common examples of plaid patterns include:
- TartanTartanTartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland. Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns...
, the pattern most commonly associated with plaid. - GinghamGinghamGingham is a medium-weight balanced plain-woven fabric made from dyed cotton or cotton-blend yarn.The name originates from an adjective in the Malay language, genggang , meaning striped. Some sources say that the name came into English via Dutch...
and Border tartanBorder tartanBorder tartan, sometimes known as Northumbrian tartan, Shepherds' Plaid or Border Drab, or Border check is a design used in woven fabrics historically associated with the Anglo-Scottish Border, including the Scottish Borders and Northumberland.The modern Border tartan is a crossweave of small dark...
, featuring bands of equal widths in a simple pattern similar to Check (fabric)Check (fabric)A check is a pattern consisting of crossed horizontal and vertical lines forming squares.-Etymology:...
. - Tattersall (cloth)Tattersall (cloth)Tattersall describes a check or plaid pattern woven into cloth. The pattern is composed of regularly spaced thin even vertical warp stripes, repeated horizontally in the weft, thereby forming squares. The stripes are usually in two alternating colours, generally darker on a light ground. The cloth...
and Windowpane Plaid, featuring very wide bands alternating with very narrow bands of contrasting colors.