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■ noun a woollen cloth woven in one of several patterns of coloured checks and intersecting lines, especially of a design associated with a particular Scottish clan.
Origin
C15: perh. from OFr. tertaine , denoting a kind of cloth; cf. tartarin , a rich fabric formerly imported from the east through Tartary.
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■ noun historical a lateen-rigged, single-masted ship used in the Mediterranean.
Origin
C17: from Fr. ~e , from Ital. ~a , perh. from Arab. ṭarīda .