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means A pattern of crisscrossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colors, especially as woven into cloth like tartan.
from From Scottish Gaelic 'plaide,' meaning a blanket or cloak — the large woolen wrap a Highlander would drape over the shoulder. In Scots usage the word named the garment first; English later borrowed it and slid the meaning onto the checked pattern the cloth so often wore. The deeper root of 'plaide' is uncertain, though it's sometimes linked to 'peallaid,' a sheepskin — fitting, for a word that began as something you wore against the weather before it became something you simply wore.
- Scottish law
- Tartans were banned for 36 years after Culloden
- clan code
- Specific patterns once signaled which family you belonged to
- name origin
- From Gaelic plaide, meaning blanket
- punk pivot
- Vivienne Westwood weaponized tartan into anti-establishment fashion
- registered designs
- Over 7,000 tartans logged in Scotland's official register
tartan of royal stewart — scottish clan pattern used by house of stewart since 16th century
burberry check — iconic tan and black pattern trademarked by burberry in 1924
blackwatch tartan — dark blue and green pattern worn by british army's black watch regiment since 1800s