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2. Thomas Rawlinson (industrialist) - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the turn of the 18th century, the form of the kilt typically worn in the Scottish Highlands was what is now known as the belted plaid or great kilt, which consisted of a large tartan or multi-coloured blanket or wrap (Gaelic felie, with various spellings) which was gathered into loose pleating and drawn about the body and secured by a belt at the waist, the lower part hanging down ...

3. Tartan - Wikipedia

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   Tartan (Scottish Gaelic: breacan [ˈpɾʲɛxkən]) is a patterned cloth with crossing horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours, forming simple or complex rectangular patterns. Tartans originated in woven wool, but are now made in other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland, and Scottish kilts typically have tartan ...

4. List of tartans - Wikipedia

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   In kilt form, the tartans are worn with the central vertical line of the sett on the kilt's front apron running in-line with the buttons of the jacket and with the belt buckle; and the sett horizontally centred between the top of the sporran and the bottom of the belt buckle. [3]

5. Fly plaid - Wikipedia

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   Full plaid, a longer, pleated, tartan-cloth mantle, wrapped around the upper body and then thrown over the shoulder; Belted plaid or "great kilt", an earlier form of the kilt, it was a large plaid (blanket) pleated by hand and belted around the waist; Maud (plaid), a cloth mantle made in a small black-and-white chequered pattern

6. Belted plaid - Wikipedia

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   The word plaide in Gaelic roughly means blanket, and that was the original term for the garment.The belted plaid has been and is often referred to by a variety of different terms, including fèileadh-mòr, breacan an fhèilidh; and great kilt; [a] however, the garment was not known by the name great kilt during the years when it was in common use.

7. Full plaid - Wikipedia

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   A full plaid, or just a plaid, is a long piece of tartan fabric, most often worn as part of a Highland dress. It usually matches the tartan of the kilt. A modern full plaid is pleated the whole way, with half of its length sewn shut (so that the pleats cannot open). Its length is about twice the distance from the ground to the wearer's shoulder.