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1587 Edinb. Test. XVIII. f. 81^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Inglis claytht of plaid cullour.

1621 in R. D. MacEwan Old Glasgow Weavers (1916) 25 To teache..James Calder in thir four poyntis of his weifer craft viz. the wound loome, sea bombacie loome, the playd loome and playding.

1634 Orkney Bp. Ct. 93 Four pund of plaid worsett.

1662 Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887) 240 The saids proveist, baillies and councill..discharges them..from litting any plaid yairn, and from worping and working any that shall not be of the lenth and breidth abone writtin.

1711 E. Freke Diary 16 Oct. in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1912) 18 203 1 New Plod Quilt never worne.

1736 S.-Carolina Gaz. 18 Sept. 3/1 Just imported in the King George, Capt. Ayres from London..mens plaid night gowns & jackets, spotted worsted damask, Scotch checks & ticks, strip'd & sprig'd holland for womens gowns.

1796 J. Woodforde Diary 11 Oct. (1929) IV. 313 I bought of him 7. yards of a bright striped Cotton..of a kind of plad colour.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xviii. 198 Do not my plaid-folds hold thee warm?

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxix. 308 He wore a pair of plaid trousers, and a large rough double-breasted waistcoat.

1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 54 Get me my plaid shawl and a plain dark bonnet.

1950 Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 26 Sept. 3/1 (advt.) It's a bold colored, first quality plaid shirt you'll like wearing.

1960 A. MacLean Night without End ii. 25 All I could see of him was..a Glenurquhart plaid jacket that seemed a couple of sizes too big for him.

1988 A. Brookner Late Comers viii. 119 Christine, in plaid skirt and blazer, looked, she thought, like a country mouse.