Tweed

Tweed  (twd)

A river, 156 km (97 mi) long, of southeast Scotland forming part of the Scottish-English border. It flows eastward to the North Sea and has rich salmon fisheries.

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tweed  (twd)

n.

1. A coarse, rugged, often nubby woolen fabric made in any of various twill weaves and used chiefly for casual suits and coats.

2. tweeds Clothing made of this fabric.

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[Alteration (possibly influenced by the river Tweed) of Scots tweel, twill, from Middle English twile; see twill.]

Word History: Changes in word forms are not always the result of patterned changes in consonants and vowels over time. In the case of the word tweed, as in many others, human error may have played a part. Tweed may be the result of a misreading of tweel, an originally Scots form of twill. Tweed might also be a misreading of an abbreviated form of tweeled, a form of twilled. Association with Tweed, the name of the river that is part of the border between England and Scotland, probably helped support the misreading of what was originally a trade name. Harris Tweed, a particular type of tweed, is still trademarked and must be woven from yarn dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Tweed is said to have first been used around 1831, but it is not recorded until 1847.

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tweed

Noun

1. a thick woollen cloth produced originally in Scotland

2. tweeds a suit made of tweed [probably from tweel, Scots variant of twill]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tweed - thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" Harris Tweed - a loosely woven tweed made in the Outer Hebrides wool, woolen, woollen - a fabric made from the hair of sheep
	2.	tweed - (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth gabardine, flannel, white trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

Translations

tweed [twiːd] n → tweed m

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tweed [twiːd] n → tweed m

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tweed [twiːd] n → Tweed m

adj [jacket, skirt] → Tweed-

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tweed [twiːd] n → tweed m inv