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 (n): a cloth having a crisscross design
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5 months ago reesetee said:

Wait. Are you sure it's not a a cloth having a crisscross design?

5 months ago chained_bear said:

"...having set no more sail and showing no sort of inclination to close with the tartan...

'What tartan?' called Jack again.

'Pola,' said the young woman...

"Behind the tartan the land appeared with every upward heave..."
--Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander, 311

A Sea of Words: "tartan or tartana: A small single-masted vessel, varying in size, with a large lateen sail and a foresail, used in the western Mediterranean for trading and fishing." (p. 432)

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