Plaid

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Plaid (pronounced /ˈplæd/) is a Scots language word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woollen cloth. It is unclear if the Gaelic word Plaide came first.

• 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 is an earlier form of the kilt.

• A plaid rug is a large thick woolen twill cloth, often tartan, used as a travel rug or as a blanket.

• "Plaid" is also used as a synonym for tartan.

Plaid may also refer to:

• Plaid (band), a British electronic music duo, taking their name from the Welsh word for party
• Plaid (album), an album by guitarist Blues Saraceno
• Plaid Cymru, the largest political party advocating independence for Wales
• Plaid, an assembly held twice a year during the Carolingian era
• Plaid Arts and Crafts, a company in the United States that sells craft supplies.

[edit] See also

• Forever Plaid, a musical comedy play
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, a comedy movie from 1982

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