glen plaid

glen plaid
noun also glen check \\ˈglenˌ-\
Usage: often capitalized G
: a twill pattern of broken checks in which stripes of two dark and two light yarns alternate with stripes of four dark and four light yarns and in which the same colors and design are used crosswise and lengthwise; also : a fabric that is woven in this pattern

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1. a plaid pattern of muted colors or of black or gray and white, esp. 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.
2. a fabric having such a pattern.
3. a garment made of such a fabric. Also called Glen check.
[1925-30; orig. Glenurquhart (or Glen Urquhart) plaid (check, tweed, etc.), after a valley of that name in Invernesshire, Scotland]

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glen plaid,
a plaid cloth or design having a subdued pattern of narrow and very narrow crisscross stripes of colors not strongly contrasting.
╂[short for Glenurquhart plaid < Glenurquhart, a valley in Scotland]

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