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PLAID (Gael. plaide, Ir. ploid, usually taken to be derived from Gael. peall, sheepskin, Lat. pellis, skin)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 705 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PLAID (Gael. plaide, Ir. ploid, usually taken to be derived from Gael. peall, sheepskin, Lat. pellis, skin) , an outer garment, consisting of an oblong piece of woollen

cloth

CLOTH

, which has formed the

principal

PRINCIPAL

outer

part

PART

of the costume of the Highlanders of

Scotland

. The wearer wrapped himself in the plaid, the

lower

LOWER

portion, reaching to the knees and belted, forming the

kilt

KILT

. Later the

lower

LOWER

portion was separated, being called the phili. beg, the plaid being used as a covering for the shoulders and upper

part

PART

of the

body

BODY

. The plaids were usually of a checked or tartan

pattern

PATTERN

. The word is thus used of any

cloth

CLOTH

made with such a

pattern

PATTERN

. " Shepherd's plaid " is a cloth with a chequer of black on a

white

ground.

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