Meaning

3 senses
  1. A pattern of diamond-shaped areas on a solid background; used especially of knitwear

  2. A sock having this pattern

    Argyle-Muster

    аргайлargajl

  3. (historical)A type of gravy warmer.

More definitions
  • a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design
  • a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland
  • a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The woman Argyle hoped to marry was the woman the man she hoped to marry hoped to marry.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
pattern:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pattern:

Origin

From the Argyll branch of the Scottish Campbell clan, named after their tartan.

From the Argyll branch of the Scottish Campbell clan, named after their tartan.

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Forms

plural: argyles
Singularargyle
Pluralargyles

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design:argyll
  • a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland:argyll
  • a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm:argyll

See also

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