tartan

IPA: tˈɑrtʌn

(uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.
(countable) A pattern used on such fabric.
(uncountable) Clothing made from this fabric.
(figurative)
(countable) An individual who wears tartan (sense 1.2); specifically, a Scottish Highlander, or a Scottish person (chiefly a Scotsman) in general.
(countable, fishing) A type of fly used in fly fishing, often to catch salmon.
(countable, UK) A young person who is a member of a Protestant gang in Northern Ireland.
(uncountable) Preceded by the: a group of people customarily wearing tartan; Scottish Highlanders or Scottish people collectively; also, the soldiers of a Scottish Highland regiment collectively.
(uncountable, chiefly attributive) Originally a trade name in the form Tartan: a synthetic resin used for surfacing ramps, running tracks, etc.
(nautical) A type of one-masted vessel with a lateen sail and a foresail, used in the Mediterranean.
(historical) A kind of long covered carriage.
(historical) The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.
(uncountable, Scotland) Short for tartan-purry (“a porridge made from cabbage mixed with oatmeal”).

Made of tartan (noun sense 1), or having a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles like a that of a tartan.
(figurative, sometimes humorous) Of or relating to Scotland, its culture, or people; Scottish.

Examples of "tartan" in Sentences

He spent many an hour playing WoW, dressed in tartan flannel.
And they're available in tartan, paisley and geometric patterns in a variety of colours.
His tartan was a brilliant crimson and black that blazed among the more sedate MacKenzies in their green and white.
How can the voter distinguish between three identical headless chickens, especially when they are all dressed in tartan.
The ring-leader is a buff, shirtless fellow in tartan punk-pants who calls himself (and I am NOT making this up) "Funktastic."
It is composed of a long antenna, like the yard of a tartan, which is supported in see-saw fashion on an upright beam, and carries at its extremity a wooden bucket.
“I will wager on Old Nick, of whom I should know something, he being indeed a worker in the same element with myself, against Catharine on that debate: the devil will have the tartan, that is sure enough.”
The consciousness that his tartan was the subject of discussion made the Jew give way to such vehement ejaculations of anxiety, that Servadac turned round and peremptorily ordered him to desist from his clamor.