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Tartan

The traditional name for Scottish plaid cloth, originally made from wool with a twill weave. From the French tiretaine meaning "linsey-woolsey". The sett, or number of threads of each colour in each warp and weft stripe, of each style of tartan cloth is recorded and maintained by The Scottish Tartan Society.

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