tartan, plaid
(noun) a cloth having a crisscross design
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tartan (countable and uncountable, plural 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 distinctive patterns.
The pattern associated with such material.
An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.
Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.
tartan (comparative more tartan, superlative most tartan)
Having a pattern like a tartan.
(humorous) Scottish.
tartan (third-person singular simple present tartans, present participle tartaning, simple past and past participle tartaned)
(transitive) To clothe in tartan.
tartan (plural tartans)
A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.
(historical) A kind of long covered carriage.
• Rattan, Tatran, rattan, tantra
Assyrian.
Tartan
The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.
• Rattan, Tatran, rattan, tantra
Source: Wiktionary
Tar"tan, n. Etym: [F. tiretane linsey-woolsey, akin to Sp. tiritaña a sort of thin silk; cf. Sp. tiritar to shiver or shake with cold.]
Definition: Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern. MacCullummore's heart will be as cold as death can make it, when it does not warm to the tartan. Sir W. Scott. The sight of the tartan inflamed the populace of London with hatred. Macaulay.
Tar"tan, n. Etym: [F. tartane, or Sp., Pg., or It. tartana; all perhaps of Arabic origin.] (Naut.)
Definition: A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
