plaid

As Plaid ( Scots ' woolen cloth, blanket, "therefore . Gäl plaide with the same meaning; the North American English as" checkered ") refers to relatively thin, often patterned wool cover . Plaids are often made from high-quality new wool, such as alpaca wool.

Plaids, also known as "shoulder blankets" in German, are part of the traditional clothing of the Highland Scots in addition to the kilt . They are usually made of the same tartan fabric as the kilt. Plaids are folded and worn loosely over the shoulder or attached to the shoulder with a brooch. The plaid, which belongs to the full dress of military bagpipers, is a woolen cloth about 3.5 yards long and 1.5 yards wide (called full plaid or piper's plaid ). It is folded several times parallel to the long edge, wrapped around the upper body and attached to the left shoulder with a brooch. As part of civil evening wear, smaller plaids are occasionally worn that are only attached to the shoulder and hang loosely ( fly plaids ). They are usually square with an edge length of 1 to 1.5 yards.

A so-called belted plaid was part of the clothing of Scottish clans before the introduction of the modern kilt .