tartan in English

noun
1
a woolen cloth woven in one of several patterns of plaid, especially of a design associated with a particular Scottish clan.
The company directors of Beartas designed a new tartan , woven in Harris Tweed and called the ‘Isle of Harris Tartan’.
2
a lateen-rigged, single-masted ship used in the Mediterranean.
The tartan was a small vessel that navigated along the coast of the Mediterranean.
adjective
1
used allusively in reference to Scotland or the Scots.
Scotland isn't just tartan fun and highland jinks, it's urban youth culture as well.
noun

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "tartan" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "tartan", or refer to the context using the word "tartan" in the English Dictionary.

1. He still wore his tartan cap.

2. The corridors are carpeted in tartan.

3. My tartan skirt. It's scottish night.

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5. Tartan patterns and plaids are applications of this theme.

6. Monarch of the Glen is 100 % tartan flannel.

7. Below is an example of the ancient Carmichael Tartan.

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9. The woman was wearing a man's tartan dressing gown.

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11. I saw her sitting there, in her green tartan dress.

12. Her night dress is a tartan bathrobe and hairnet ( SS PA 13 ).

13. She wore a thick tartan skirt and a red cashmere sweater.

14. He had fair short hair and wore a red tartan jacket.

15. The installation of a $175,000 tartan track in 1969 replaced the cinder track.

16. The Authentic comes with a black canvas upper and a tartan check lining.

17. 14 He was wearing a cream silk shirt and a tartan golfing cap.

18. I had worn my red tartan plaid jacket, the one I wear only on weekends.

19. Last winter featured tartan themes, while metallic Sixties dresses and lurex tops were popular at Christmas.

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21. The British return to their heritage roots with tweed, gingham and tartan making a cool comeback.

22. A sudden gust lifted his resplendent tartan for all to see ... a pair of blue briefs.

23. The garments company unveiled a new tartan dress collection for the celebration of its 30 th anniversary.

24. He grimaced and scratched his short, curly black hair where it stuck out from under his tartan cap.

25. Brown and blue tartan Balmacaan featured in “Fashions of the Quarter”, Apparel Arts, 1932 via Gentlemen’s Gazette

26. The Nova Scotia tartan (the first provincial-territorial tartan in Canada; registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Scotland, 1956), the red spruce, the agate (gemstone) and the stilbite (mineral), the osprey, the Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever.

27. Recipes for plant dyes tested and tried over generations have produced distinctive colours for wool, tweed and tartan.

28. 27 He grimaced and scratched his short, curly black hair where it stuck out from under his tartan cap.

29. But Leeds' own tartan terror, Gordon Strachan, insists it does not make much difference to players with championship credentials.

30. Using different colours can change the scale and shape of things and tartan is a natural progression from this.

31. 22 An old white-haired woman in a wheelchair, her legs covered by a tartan rug, wearing a canary yellow blouse.

32. Wearing the Lord of the Isles tartan, he used a crook to support the knee recently operated on for cartilage damage.

33. They have softened the room with cushions and tartan throws,[Sentencedict.com ] to make it a cosy base for the family over Christmas.

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35. Plaid can be found on wools, flannels, poplins, Broadcloths, and other fabrics Plaid originates in Scotland, where it is authentically known as ‘tartan

36. His visit to Scotland in 1822 led to the revival, if not the creation, of Scottish tartan dress as it is known today.

37. Collegiate Tartan addresses the desire by students and alumni for high quality apparel and accessories that express their school affiliation with style and sophistication

38. A knee-length skirt with deep pleats, usually of a tartan wool, worn as part of the dress for men in the Scottish Highlands.

39. Mr Deasy stared sternly for some moments over the mantelpiece at the shapely bulk of a man in tartan fillibegs: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.

40. The Carmichael tartan was first recorded by Carmichael of Archerfield in the Highland Collection 1905 and was confirmed by the 30th Chief Richard in 1981

41. The denim skirt above looks really chic in ankle-length, with the wide waistband and inverted box pleat accentuated by the contrasting bias-cut tartan!

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43. The United States crime writer James Ellroy coined the name when he described Ian Rankin as "the king of tartan noir" for a book cover.

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45. The used boat review of the Tartan 37 in the January 2015 issue mentioned that several companies specialize in producing bullet-proof Companionway door arrangements that can be customized to fit almost any boat

46. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.Most Clans have their own tartan patterns, usually dating from

47. A pair of theatrical figures of a gentleman in plumed hat, orange fur-lined cloak, blue jacket and tartan trousers with a hound at his side, (E,274); and a figure of an actress in Black plumed hat, blue coat and striped dress holding a bird in her hand on pink scroll-moulded base, circa 1850 (wear).

48. Pierre; or, The Ambiguities is the seventh book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in New York in 1852.The novel, which uses many conventions of Gothic fiction, develops the psychological, sexual, and family tensions between Pierre Glendinning; his widowed mother; Glendinning Stanley, his cousin; Lucy Tartan, his fiancée; and Isabel Banford, who is revealed to be his half-sister.

49. Breeks or troosers (Whiles trews whan they are tartan) are an item o claes worn on the nether pairt o the body, kiverin baith shanks separately (raither nor wi cloth stretchin athort baith as in skirts an dresses).Tradeetionally, as for the Wast, Breeks hae been the staundart nether-body claes item for males sin the 16t century; by the late 20t century, they haed becam extremely prevalent for

50. If you wish to Avenge a wrongdoing you simply pay the local shaman or witch doctor to invoke the spirits on your behalf.: There was a time in the 80's when it looked as if the clans were gathering again to Avenge Glencoe, so ubiquitous was the tartan kilt.: Why should US Marines die to Avenge them, when soldiers who were killed in similiar ways were left unAvenged?