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tweed
right|thumb|upright=1.4|Harris Tweed woven in a herringbone [[twill pattern, mid-20th century]] Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained by mixing dyed wool before it is spun.
ghillie suit
type of camouflage clothing designed to resemble the background environment such as foliage, snow or sand
paisley
design using droplet-shaped vegetable motifs
Mackintosh
waterproof raincoat
brogue shoe
style of low-heeled shoe or boot decorated with rows of perforations
wadmal
thumb|Wadmal army jacket from the Hälsinge Regiment. thumb|Girls' wadmal dress right|thumb|Faroese postage stamp with a picture of a Viking helmsman in a wadmal tunic. Wadmal (Old Norse: ; Norwegian: , 'cloth measure') is a coarse, dense, usually undyed wool fabric woven in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greenland, and the Orkney, Faroe and Shetland Islands from the Middle Ages into the 18th century. Wadmal was woven on the warp-weighted loom used throughout these areas of Norwegian influence, and was usually a 2/2 twill weave, although some medieval sources outside Iceland describe wadmal
Argyle
pattern made of diamonds or lozenges
glen plaid
woollen fabric with a woven twill design of small and large checks
Inverness cape
sleeveless caped overgarment
Highland dress
traditional, regional dress of the Highlands and Isles of Scotland
Fair Isle
knitting technique that produces intricate patterns in rows, carried out in yarns of several colors
Sillitoe tartan
black (or other) and white chequered pattern, associated with policing