glen plaid

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woolen fabric with a woven twill design of large and small checks, usually in muted colours such as black or grey and white. countable,uncountable
    — As for patterns, solids are the most formal, followed by stripes, nailhead, and birdseye (tiny, frequent dots on a darker background; nailhead is smaller and squarer), pic-and-pic (tiny, staggered diagonal lines, like miniature staircases), herringbone, windowpane, houndstooth, and glen plaid.

词形变化

glen plaids plural

词源

Named from the valley of Glenurquhart in Inverness-shire, Scotland, where it was used in the 19th century by the Countess of Seafield to outfit her gamekeepers.
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