Obs. [ad. Gael. and Ir. breacan, f. breac spotted or chequered.] A tartan plaid worn by Highlanders and northern Irishmen. (See M. Hickson, Irel. 17th C., I. 257.)
1652. News fr. Low Contr., 2. The Scottish Brackin.
1653. Exam. D. MacGillmartin, in Mary Hickson, Irel. 17th C. (1884), I. 277. Had seen his … mother’s bracken in the hands of the soldiers.
1828. Scott, F. M. Perth, III. 57. I am as familiar with brogues and bracken as if I had worn them myself.
