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Plaid

plaid

1. A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.

2. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

Origin: Gael. Plaide a blanket or plaid, contr. Fr. Peallaid a sheepskin, fr. Peall a skin or hide. CF. Pillion.


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Re: Tiger stripes

Don't stripes help blending with shadows? Or maybe it was because tigers look funny in plaid :?

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by MichaelXY
Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:43 am
 
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