any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.

a pattern of this kind.

a long, rectangular piece of cloth, usually with such a pattern and worn across the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.

having the pattern of a plaid.

adjective

checked , tartan , variegatednotes:tartan is the name for the cloth and plaid as the name for the particular pattern , but the words are often used interchangeably so that tartan can mean any checkered pattern and plaid can mean any checkered fabric