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Tartan
tartan
(tartans) Tartan is a design for cloth traditionally associated with Scotland, and which has a number of distinctive types. The design is made up of lines of different widths and colours crossing each other at right angles. Tartan is also used to refer to cloth which has this pattern. N-VAR: oft N n
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noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle French tiretaine linsey-woolsey Date: circa 1500 1. a plaid textile design of Scottish origin consisting of stripes of varying width and color usually patterned to designate a distinctive clan 2. a. a twilled woolen fabric with ~ design b. a fabric with ~ design 3. a garment of ~ design ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 a pattern of coloured stripes crossing at right angles, esp. the distinctive plaid worn by the Scottish Highlanders to denote their clan. 2 woollen cloth woven in this pattern (often attrib.: a tartan scarf). Etymology: perh. f. OF tertaine, tiretaine 2. n. a lateen-sailed single-masted ship used in the Mediterranean. Etymology: F tartane f. It. tartana, perh. f. Arab. tarida ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. шотландка, клетчатая шерстяная ткань tartan shirt —- рубаха из шотландки 2. клетчатый рисунок (шотлкндки) 3. шотландский плед 4. шотландский горец 5. собир. горцы; полк горцев 6. тартана (одномачтовое средиземноморское судно) Tartan 1. тартан (синтетическое покрытие беговых дорожек) Tartan turf —- искусственное травяное покрытие (игровых полей) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) клетчатая шерстяная материя, шотландка 2) шотландский плед 3) шотландский горец 4) attr. сделанный из шотландки ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ n 1 a) woollen cloth, originally from Scotland woven with bands of different colours and widths that cross each other at right angles b) this pattern on other cloth (Her skirt is a red and green tartan.) 2 a special pattern of this type worn by a particular Scottish clan (=large family group) (the MacGregor tartan) - tartan adj (a bright tartan shirt) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1454, probably from M.Fr. tiretaine "strong, coarse fabric," from O.Fr. tiret "kind of cloth," from tire "silk cloth," from M.L. tyrius "cloth from Tyre." Spelling infl. in M.E. by tartaryn "rich silk cloth" (1343), from O.Fr. tartarin "Tartar cloth," from Tartare "Tartar," the Central Asian people. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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