overplaid

plural overplaids

1. A plaid pattern that arises from color woven into a fabric that has another, different woven texture.

   Overplaids are ideal for travel as they do not show the dirt as readily as other cloths, generally speaking.

   1948, George Edward Linton, Joseph James Pizzuto, Applied Textiles: Raw Materials to Finished Fabrics, page 174

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   As the overplaid is the dominate element of such a design, it must assert itself over the check through the strength of its color or its value.

   1987, Harriet Tidball, Two-harness textiles, page 21

   The “Boyville” label in a suit means our best in fabric, stylen and tailoring details and choice quality, smooth finish all wool . . . popular diagonal weave with overplaid.

   2013, JoAnne Olian, Everyday Fashions of the Forties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs, →ISBN, page 8

present singular third person overplaids · participle present overplaiding · participle past overplaided · past overplaided

1. To weave in this kind of pattern.