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

Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan. "In plaided vest." Wordsworth.

Plaid cloth.

To deprive of a plaid.

Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.

A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]

A short, heavy, double-breasted plaid coat, the design of which is large and striking. [Local, U. S.]

A gray plaid; -- used by shepherds in Scotland.

, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.

hook, -- used by shepherds. -- Shepherd's needle (Bot.), the lady's comb. -- Shepherd's plaid, a kind of woolen cloth of a checkered black and white pattern. -- Shephered spider (Zoöl.), a daddy longlegs, or harvestman. -- Shepherd's pouch, or Shepherd's purse (Bot.), an annual cruciferous plant (Capsella Bursapast…

led also toy mutch. [Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.