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plaidens

plaidens is the plural of plaiden.

Meaning of plaiden

Noun

plaiden (plural plaidens)

  1. (Scotland) A coarse, woollen cloth
    • To a superstitious eye, Lucy Ashton, folded in her plaiden mantle, with her long hair, escaping partly from the snood and falling upon her silver neck, might have suggested the idea of the murdered Nymph of the Fountain.1821, Walter Scott, Bride of Lammermoor, page 240

Questions about plaidens

What is plaidens the plural of?
Plaidens is the plural of plaiden.

Words near plaidens in the dictionary

  1. plaid
  2. Plaid Cymru
  3. plaide
  4. plaided
  5. plaiden
  6. plaidens
  7. plaides
  8. plaiding
  9. plaidings
  10. plaidless
  11. plaidman

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