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tartans

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noun

Say it like: Tar-tan-s

The correct spelling is tartans. A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own…

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noun

  1. 1.A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans having their own distinctive patterns.
  2. 2.The pattern associated with such material.
  3. 3.An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.
  4. 4.Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.
  5. 5.A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.

verb

  1. 1.To clothe in tartan.

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