glen plaidglen plaid
[alsoG- p-] a plaid pattern or cloth with thin crossbarred stripes in black and white and one or more muted colors
Origin of glen plaidafter Glenurquhart, clan of Glen Urquhart, valley in northwestern Scotland
Any of various textile patterns consisting of alternating dark and light threads that cross at right angles and are sometimes interwoven with a brightly colored accent thread.
Origin of glen plaidShort for Glen Urquhart plaid after Glen Urquhart valley in north-central Scotland, part of an estate belonging to the Earls of Seafield, who adopted such a pattern for the tweed of the estate in the 1840s