Glen plaid

noun

1. a plaid pattern of muted colors or of black or gray and white, especially one in which two dark and two light stripes alternate with four dark and four light stripes, both vertically and horizontally, forming a crossing pattern of irregular checks.
2. a fabric having such a pattern.
3. a garment made of such a fabric.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Glen plaid¹

1925–30; originally Glenurquhart (or Glen Urquhart ) plaid (check, tweed, etc.), after a valley of that name in Invernesshire, Scotland

Example Sentences

Malcolm Perry unbuttoned his dark blue glen-plaid jacket and threw it onto the floor.

From The Daily Beast

He wore a grey glen-plaid reefer that was buttoned wrong, a dark blue-flannel shirt and covert slacks that needed a press.

From Project Gutenberg