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	Plaid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plaid is a Scots language word meaning blanket, usually referring to patterned woollen cloth; it is unclear if the Gaelic word Plaide came first.
		In British English, particularly in Scotland, a plaid or a plaid rug is a large thick woollen twill cloth, often tartan, used as a travel rug or as a blanket.
		Plaid is the name of a British electronic music duo, taking their name from the threads of the fabric.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plaid (289 words)

	The Early Belted Plaid
		Duncan Campbell of Lochow in a belted plaid
		Evidently the Archbishop did not consider the plaid to be beneath his dignity, or that it would be strange for a man wearing a plaid to be wealthy enough to have a servant.
		The Evolution of the Kilt: 1600 to 1725--The Belted Plaid, http://reconstructinghistory.com/scottish/beltedplaid.html.
	home.comcast.net /~gmcdavid/HistNotes/belted_plaid.html (2041 words)

	Period Belted Plaid
		Now note that the Scots/English terms distinguishing a "plaid" worn unbelted from a "belted plaid" did not develop until the 18th century, while the garment the 18th century term "belted plaid" was used for clearly existed at least a century earlier by even your reckoning.
		Gaelic "breacan", similarly to Scots language "plaid", was used for a garment and for the cloth of which such a garment was made, but unlike "plaid", Gaelic "breacan" transparently derives from the Gaelic for 'speckled/checked/multi-coloured/etc. [thing]', and so is rather suggestive with regards to the colour pattern of such garments among Gaels.
		And since "plaid worn belted" is a descriptive phrase for the garment that would be labelled "belted plaid" in the 18th century, and then or later "great kilt", a description like the 1594 one is likewise a description of a great kilt.
	www.medievalscotland.org /postings/periodbeltedplaid.shtml (3461 words)

	The Belted Plaid
		It has been argued that the plaid was not taken off all that often but inventories of Highland homes always show a plentiful supply of shirts and it is doubtful if changing one's shirt without removing one's plaid is a practical proposition.
		This plaid has belt-loops sewn on what would be the inside at the rate of one to each repeat of the pattern, leaving a length at each end for the aprons.
		Plaids for the Grant Independent Company at that time were six ells in length, requiring twelve ells in all.
	www.tartansauthority.com /web/site/Highland_Dress/beltedplaid.asp (1120 words)

	Belted Plaid Drawstring
		We can think of different ways the plaid may have been put on that would achieve the desired results, and judge the methods according to that criteria, but it is impossible to say, with any accuracy, which method may or may not have been historically correct.
		If the pleats were indeed ever sewn into the belted plaid, you would no longer have a multi-functional length of cloth, but rather a tailored garment, and if this practice were widespread we would expect that at least some of these tailored garments would have survived for us.
		In the collection of the Scottish Tartans Society is a belted plaid that was worn by Sir John Murray MacGregor of MacGregor on the occasion of King George IV's visit to Edinburgh in 1822.
	albanach.org /drawstring.htm (1488 words)

	Highland clothes Did an englishman invent the kilt. Belted plaid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It looks good for a belted plaid but is totally unsuited for the feile beag, or philabeg, which needs a 6 to 10 inch sett repeat for the pleating.
		Their ancestors wore plaids of many colours, and numbers still retain this custom, but the majority now in their dress prefer a dark brown, imitating nearly the leaves of the heather, that when lying upon the heath in the day, they may not be discovered by the appearance of their clothes.
		One of the earliest clear references to the belted plaid was in 1594 when a party of Highlanders fought under Red Hugh O’Donnell in his struggle against the English.
	www.glendiscovery.com /ancestors.htm (3758 words)

	The Early History of the Kilt
		It is suggested that this refers to the practice of pleating the length of the plaid and belting it around the waist as in the belted plaid.
		But we must be careful in assuming too much for Lesley never mentions a belt and his description would imply that the plaids were able to be worn gathered as well as unfolded, and certainly the large belted plaid as we think of it is too large to be comfortably worn unfolded.
		It may be possible that the belted plaid was worn or at least in development some time prior to this description, but the hard fact remains that this is the first proof we have of its existence and anything earlier is mere speculation.
	albanach.org /kilt.html (4898 words)

	Reviewed Index of Scottish clothing websites
		It was essentially the lower half of the belted plaid, being 25" to 30" wide, 4 yards long, and worn in the 18th century.
		The author also correctly says that the belted plaid cannot be documented until the end of the SCA period, but then goes on to say that there is evidence of garments resembling a belted plaid as early as the 10th century.
		Plaid is not synonymous with kilt, but in this context, I must assume the author means the belted plaid, in which case, the earliest reference is actually 1594.
	albanach.org /review.html (8636 words)

	Culloden 2001
		Over the shirt were worn belted plaids (known also as great kilts), or kilts (one half of a belted plaid, lengthwise), or trews (a combination of tights and pants made of tartan wool).
		The belted plaid or great kilt consists of from four to six yards of roughly 60 inch material (originally two pieces of 20 to 30 inch wide fabric sewn lengthwise).
		The belted plaid was your overcoat, pants, rain gear, blanket, tent, backpack, and fire damper.
	www.macfarlanescompany.org /culloden2001/mens.html (689 words)

	Kilt - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		The great kilt, also known as the belted plaid, was an untailored draped garment made of the cloth gathered up into pleats by hand and secured by a wide belt.
		It was thought that the traditional Highland kilt, the "belted plaid" which consisted of a large cloak, was inconvenient for tree cutters.
		With some full dress uniforms a fly plaid is added in the form of a pleated cloth in the same tartan as the kilt, cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front with a plaid brooch.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Kilt (2177 words)

	MaraRiley.net–17th and 18th Century Scottish Costume
		The belted plaid may have been in use for some time in the Highlands before this mention, but it is a rather unique garment and certainly would have been remarked on by outside observers if it were common and widespread.
		Plaids are generally pinned at the shoulder with an iron pin or bodkin, not a penannular brooch, which fell out of use about 600 years prior to this period.
		This is a practical consideration, since it would be impossible to wear a knee-length coat with a belted plaid -- the skirts of the coat would interfere with the belted plaid.
	www.marariley.net /celtic/scotland.htm (4074 words)

	The Great Kilt -- Belted Plaid
		"Plaid" is the Gaelic word for a blanket, and that's just what the feilidh-mhor, or belted plaid, was -- a large blanket that was gathered around your body and belted at the waist.
		Normally, the plaid was worn as a completely untailored garment, with the pleating arranged each time you put it on.
		The kilt would be worn by gathering the plaid with the draw string, tying it around the waist, then putting a belt around the whole thing to secure it.
	giftshop.scottishtartans.org /greatkilt.html (737 words)

	Information at Kilts n More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Belted Plaid was a rectangle of material, 5 feet (1.5 metres) wide and 18 feet (5.5 metres) long.
		There he met some Highlanders who were "all in Belted Plaids, girt like Women's petticoats down to the knee; their thighs and half the leg all bare".
		One thing that neither the Belted Plaid nor the Little Kilt could provide was a pocket, but the plaid was worn in such a way that little bags of meal could be tucked-in, high up.
	www.kiltsnmore.com /history/dress.htm (1566 words)

	The Dress of a Fraser's Highlander of 1758, His Image. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 78th wore the belted plaid, which consisted of twelve yards of double width tartan.
		The fabric was spread on the ground and neatly pleated over the waist-belt; the soldier lay down on the plaid, fasten his belt, and stood up.
		The upper portion, which fell over the belt, was gathered behind and fastened at the left shoulder.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part7/Scenes/SoldierEnglish78.htm (140 words)

	Plaid Instructions and other Observations on Scottish Reenacting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		These instructions are from a complete novice having only worn the plaid (or philibegs!) on two days fighting as a highlander for Bonnie Prince Charlie at the battle of Prestonpans last year.
		Take the top half of the plaid which is hanging down over your belt and find the two corners.
		Tuck any spare bits into belt making folds of fabric round your waist which can be used as pockets etc. There does not seem to be any set pattern for this.
	www.bracewel.demon.co.uk /monties/plaidins.htm (625 words)

	Belted plaid demo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The following is a demo on how to wear the breacan an fheilidh (belted plaid) or feile mor (great kilt).
		Traditionally, the belted plaid was made from two lengths of 5 ells of wool (usually tartan) stitched together to make the garment 60 inches wide or thereabouts.
		I usually kneel on the plaid with the edge at my ankles, this seems to give me a panel of appropriate width for my body size.
	www.historichighlanders.com /belted.htm (255 words)

	The Origins of the Kilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the 1600's, the plaide was worn as a belted plaid, or feilidh-Mor.
		The blanket would be placed on the ground on top of a belt, and folded into pleats at right angles to the belt.
		Gradually, though, the felie-bag replaced its predecessor, the belted plaid.
	www.tartans.com /articles/kiltorigins.html (406 words)

	Kilts and Bagpipes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Before that they wore plaid, to be sure, but they did not not wear kilts.
		Maybe it wasn't as good as a pair of pants, but if you were used to wearing a knee-length plaid shirt belted in the middle, you'd of run out to get one, too.
		Futhermore, as soon as the kilt became a national treasure it was claimed that each of Scotland's chief clans had always been known for a distinctive plaid kilt pattern.
	www.tamos.net /~rhay/kilts.html (609 words)

	Plaid definition for textile industry and fashion industry
		In British English, particularly in Scotland, a plaid or a plaid rug is a large thick woollen
		is worn as a dress uniform, for example by pipe band Drum majors, a plaid is a pleated cloth in the same tartan as the kilt, cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front.
		was the belted plaid, a double width of thick woollen cloth worn pleated and fastened around the waist by a belt, with the upper half often cast over the shoulder but sometimes hanging down over the belt and gathered up at the front or brought up over the head for protection against weather.
	www.apparelsearch.com /Definitions/Fabric/Plaid_definition.htm (376 words)

	The Belted Plaid Before The '45
		A broad belt is brought around the waist and buckled at the front.
		The fabric above the belt is allowed to fall over the belt and the Mundanai is pleated two or three times across its height.
		Notice the crimped portion of the Mundanai as it comes out from under the belt at an angle to it.
	www.geocities.com /dominiceckersley/beltedplaidpage9.html (632 words)

	[MR] Kilt making
		What we moderns call a "great kilt" is a belted plaid or in Gaelic "feilidh-mhor" (big wrap) or "breacan-feile" (tartan wrap), and can first be documented as being worn by Hebridean soldiers in 1594 AD, thus it is just within our period.
		The lower portion of the belted plaid began to be worn by itself sometime between the late 17th century and the mid 18th (dates uncertain).
		At first the pleats were box pleated, to no particular pattern, and contained about 4 yards of material in length, same as the phillabeg and the belted plaid.
	www.atlantia.sca.org /pipermail/atlantia/2001-July/001867.html (876 words)

	Reconstructing History — Scottish Historical Clothing Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The belted plaid (breacán filleadh), the progenitor of the kilt, came into being around this time.
		Although belts are mentioned as girdles for both Scots and Irish dress earlier, this is the first instance in which the outer garment, and not just the shirt, is belted.
		In the early 17th century, the belted plaid began to be worn with fabric stockings, shoes, and blue “bonnets” similar to tam o’shanters.
	www.reconstructinghistory.com /scottish/beltedplaid.html (731 words)

	History of the Tartan
		It is impossible to say precisely when the tartan cloak evolved into the long garment known as the belted plaid (and which itself was the forerunner of the modern kilt), but it was probably around the tenth or eleventh centuries.
		The plaid worn by the pipers and drummers in modern pipe bands is a stylised version of the old feileadh mor.
		These bodies of troops, which wore the belted plaid and the little kilt, and were known as the Highland Independent Companies, or Watches, had been set up as early as 1667 in an attempt to stamp ou~the cattle raiding that was widespread in the Highlands.
	www.kinnaird.net /tartan.htm (6478 words)

	User talk:PKM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thanks for the touch-up and photo in the Belted plaid article.
		Also, the kilt will be made of twill woven worsted wool, the kilt-skirt could be made of a variety of fabrics.
		Tartan is a word which used to refer to a type of fabric, but its current usage refers to a certain plaid pattern (repeating and reversing, warp and weft identical, registered with the Lyon Court).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User_talk:PKM (794 words)

	The Early History of the Kilt
		It is often called in modern reenactment circles a “great kilt.”; Despite what you saw in Braveheart the belted plaid was not worn in the 13th and 14th centuries.
		When trying to recreate one of the first belted plaids from the late 16th century, it is necessary to extrapolate from what we know of the garment from later times.
		It most likely came about as a natural evolution of the belted plaid and Rawlinson probably observed it and quickly deduced its usefulness in his situation and introduced it among his workers.
	www.scottishtartans.org /kilt.html (5239 words)

	Scottish kilt history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the eighteen hundreds, the wearing of the belted plaid began to be exchanged for that of the kilt.
		The belted plaid, being a one-piece six-foot tall cloth, belted about the waist with the remainder being worn up about the shoulder, was proving to be somewhat inconvenient to wear.
		A "new", little kilt design became popular, and it consisted of a plaid which had the traditional pleats permanently sewn in place, and separated the lower from the upper half, allowing the upper section to be removed when it became convenient.
	histclo.hispeed.com /style/skirted/kilt/kilt1.html (1083 words)

	Scottish Tartans Museum Pages
		It was gathered in the middle and belted at the waist, the upper part being used for cloak, camouflage, travel bag, and sleeping bag.
		This early kilt was the bottom half of the belted plaid--a 25" wide web of tartan averaging 4 yards in length.
		It was not until the 1790s that the pleats began to be stitched in and the kilt became a tailored garment.
	www.scottishtartans.org /museum.html (457 words)

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