tartan

Traductions

• anglais

  Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française, 1974

  Définition

  Originally a woollen cloth of 2/2 twill woven in checks of various colours and worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its district pattern. Originally, Scotch plaid in woollens or worsteds in the distinctive designsand colors of Highlands clans.

  Notes :

  Used for children's wear in particular, also women's sportswear.
  
  The correct word is "tartan" and not "plaid" or "plad". The plaid is a long heavy blanket-like garment, usually, but not necessarily, of tartan.
  
  Other materials and weaves are now used.

  Terme :

  1. tartan