(n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.
(n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
(a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.
Example Sentences:
(1) It may not point to independence – nor, given that large swaths of Wales remain firmly dominated by Labour, mean any huge advance for Plaid Cymru.
(2) Now remarried, and a father, he is standing for Plaid Cymru, again in the Cardiff Bay seat.
(3) He asked for details of farm subsidies paid to opposition politicians including the Welsh Tory leader, Andrew RT Davies, the Welsh Liberal Democrat chief, Kirsty Williams, and Plaid Cymru's Llyr Huws Gruffydd.
(4) A spokesperson for Plaid Cymru said: “On 5 May, Wales chose not to elect one single party to govern Wales with a majority.
(5) In Scotland and Wales respectively, the major parties are joined by the Scottish National party and Plaid Cyrmu.
(6) We find that as the stereo depth separation of the two component gratings increases, the probability of seeing a plaid declines.
(7) She added that Plaid Cymru wanted the SDC to be retained in Wales.
(8) Her answer was prompted by a question last week from Plaid Cymru's sustainability spokesperson Leanne Wood AM.
(9) Her first major initiative was to set up an economic commission headed by the former Plaid MP Adam Price, one of the party's brightest sparks.
(10) The Welsh Liberal Democrats also called last night on the coalition Plaid Cymru-Labour Welsh government to join the growing campaign.
(11) He had always subscribed to the pacifist principles at the heart of Plaid Cymru's philosophy.
(12) Compared with Scotland, Plaid and Welsh independence seem beached.
(13) Only in Wales does something resembling political orthodoxy seem to be holding; but then again, it is not that long since Plaid Cymru was temporarily booting Labour out of some of its post-industrial heartlands.
(14) With the aid of a series of demonstrations (plus two formal experiments) we (1) propose a new explanation for the fact that edge line terminators in a "barber pole" display are perceived as intrinsic; (2) show that inner line terminators in a plaid pattern (i.e.
(15) This is why decisive action is needed to protect our social housing to make sure it is available for those who need it most.” Dyfed Edwards, the Welsh Local Government Association spokesperson for housing and a Plaid Cymru councillor in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, said: “With many thousands of people currently on housing waiting lists, and at a time of acute shortages of affordable homes, the proposal from Welsh government to abolish right to buy is a welcome step in tackling a growing problem in Wales.” Mark Isherwood, the Welsh Conservative shadow minister for housing, was unimpressed.
(16) Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood tackled him on the subject during the seven-way discussion, saying it was scaremongering and that he should be ashamed of himself.
(17) Follow the right people At the time of writing, Murdoch follows only four people: @jack (Twitter's executive chairman, Jack Dorsey); @markpinc (co-founder of Zynga, which makes social games such as FarmVille); @plaid_page (an account apparently run for Google's Larry Page); and @Lord_Sugar (the artist formerly known as S'ralan).
(18) Plaid Cymru has socialism in our aims, to create a decent socialist world.
(19) She anticipated that Plaid Cymru activists and members of the Welsh assembly would travel to Scotland to help the yes campaign during the referendum campaign, using up their summer holidays.
(20) Labour left reeling in Wales as Plaid Cymru takes Rhondda Read more Ukip made a breakthrough , winning seven seats , including one for the disgraced former Tory minister Neil Hamilton.
Twilled
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Twill
Example Sentences:
(1) I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
(2) "If United do get Louis van Gaal, twill be like getting a hybrid of Guardiola and Mourinho - Guardiola's methodology and Mourinho's arrogance and occasional (everytime) madness."
(3) Heavier-weight fabrics, such as denim and twill, are better barriers.
(4) The fabrics were 4.8-ox twill weave Nomex aramide, 4.5-oz stabilized twill weave polybenzimidazole, 4.8-oz plain weave experimental high-temperature polymer (HT4), and 4.8-oz plain weave Nomex aramide (New Weave Nomex or NWN).
(5) She's also making chocolate caramel twills which she will fill with truffles.
(6) The twill fabric was a better barrier to transmission than the plain fabrics.