Glen plaid
noun
a plaid pattern of muted colors or of black or gray and white, especially one in which two dark and two light stripes alternate with four dark and four light stripes, both vertically and horizontally, forming a crossing pattern of irregular checks.
a fabric having such a pattern.
a garment made of such a fabric.
Origin of Glen plaid
11925–30; originally Glenurquhart (or Glen Urquhart) plaid (check, tweed, etc.), after a valley of that name in Invernesshire, Scotland
- Also called Glen check.
Words Nearby Glen plaid
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How to use Glen plaid in a sentence
Malcolm Perry unbuttoned his dark blue glen-plaid jacket and threw it onto the floor.
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