tartan

/tɑːtən//tɑɹtən/

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.

verb

  1. 1

    To clothe in tartan.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a pattern like a tartan.

  2. 2

    Scottish.

noun

  1. 1

    A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.

  2. 2

    A kind of long covered carriage.

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