Full plaid

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A full plaid, or just a plaid, is a long piece of tartan fabric, most often worn as part of a Highland dress. It usually matches the tartan of the kilt. A modern full plaid is pleated the whole way, with half of its length sewn shut (so that the pleats cannot open). Its length is about twice the distance from the ground to the wearer's shoulder.

A full plaid is typically only seen on members of

which elect to wear full dress (military styled) uniforms, and occasionally as formal Highland dress.

The full plaid is wrapped around the wearer's chest and under right arm, pulled firm to the body. The plaid is twisted on the left shoulder with one loose end falling behind the wearer's back and getting tucked into the waist belt. The leading edge of the other loose end is pulled forward and draped over the wearer's left shoulder.

Properly worn, the edge of the plaid should be level with top of left

brooch) on the left shoulder.

To the lay person it would appear as a long, tartan, shoulder-cape.

Scottish military dress

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The plaid first appeared as a feature of Highland military dress in the

uniform throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, although by 1914 normally worn only by officers, sergeants and pipers.

See also

• Fly plaid, a smaller tartan-cloth mantle, worn pinned to the left shoulder
• Belted plaid or "great kilt", an earlier form of the kilt, it was a large plaid (blanket) pleated by hand and belted around the waist
• Maud (plaid), a cloth mantle made in a small black-and-white chequered pattern

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