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tartan

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tar·tan 1  (tärtn)
n.
1.
a. Any of numerous textile patterns consisting of stripes of varying widths and colors crossed at right angles against a solid background, each forming a distinctive design worn by the members of a Scottish clan.
b. A twilled wool fabric or garment having such a pattern.
2. A plaid fabric.

[Middle English tartane, possibly from Old French tiretaine, linsey-woolsey, probably from tiret, a kind of cloth, from tire, silk cloth, from Latin Tyrius, Tyrian (cloth), from Tyrus, Tyre.]

tartan adj.

tartan
Noun
1. a design of straight lines, crossing at right angles to give a chequered appearance, esp. one associated with a Scottish clan
2. a fabric with this design [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tartantartan - a cloth having a crisscross design  
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Translations

tartan [ˈtɑːtn] ntartán m
adjde tartán
tartan [ˈtɑːtn] ntartan m
adjécossais(e)
tartan [ˈtɑːtn] nTartan m, Schottenstoff m
adj [scarf etc] → mit Schottenmuster
tartan [ˈtɑːtn] ntartan m inv

tartan
n tartan [ˈtaːtən]
1 (woollen or other cloth woven with) a pattern of different coloured lines and broader stripes, crossing each other at right angles, originally used by clans of the Scottish Highlands. tartan قُماش صوفي مُزَخْرَف بِمُرَبَّعات مُلَوَّنَه разноцветно кариран вълнен плат tartan tartan der Tartan σκοτσέζικο καρό tartán, tela escocesa ðotiruuduline kangas تارتان skottiruutuinen kangas tartan טַרטַן ऊनी चारखानेदार कपड़ा tartan (škotska karirana šarena vunena tkanina) skótkockás gyapjúszövet bahan wol dengan pola kotak-kotak yang diproduksi orang Skot. tartanefni, skotadúkur tartan 格子じま織 체크 무늬(의 모직물) languota škotiška medžiaga rūtains vilnas audums tartan Schots ruitpatroon skotskrutet stoff szkocka krata tartã tartan шотландка škótska vlnená kockovaná látka, tartan tartan tartan skotskrutigt tyg ผ้าตาหมากรุก kareli kumaş (原來由蘇格蘭氏族使用的)某種(織物的)格子圖案, 格子呢 шотландка چوخانہ اوني کپڑا vải len kẻ ô vuông使das Schottenmuster συγκεκριμένο καρό που χρησιμοποεί κάθε σκοτσέζικη φατρία tartán ðotiruut طرح تارتان skottiruutu tartan טַרטַן टार्टन karirani uzorak (kao oznaka plemena) tartán pola kotak-kotak tartanefni clan 格子じま škotiškos medžiagos raštas rūtis; rūtu raksts tartan ruitpatroon slektsmønster i skotskrutet stoff tartan tartã tartan шотландка tartan tartan tartan tartan ตาหมากรุก özel ekose desen 氏族圖案 клітчастий візерунок چوخانہ اوني کپڑا پہننے والا vải len


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However, the vessel and the swimmer insensibly neared one another, and in one of its tacks the tartan bore down within a quarter of a mile of him.
They were forbidden to wear the kilt or the tartan, and everything was done to make them speak English and forget Gaelic.
  Silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume:
 
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