plaiden
(Scotland) A coarse, woollen cloth.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(Scotland) A coarse, woollen cloth.
To a superstitious eye, Lucy Ashton, folded in her plaiden mantle, with her long hair, escaping partly from the snood and falling upon her silver neck, might have suggested the idea of the murdered Nymph of the Fountain.
Origin: Corruption of plaiding. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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