HARRIS TWEED


Meaning of HARRIS TWEED in English

n [ U ]

a type of thick woollen cloth for making coats, jackets, etc. It is woven by hand on the islands of Harris and Lewis in the Outer Hebrides , off the west coast of Scotland. The Gaelic name is ‘Clo Mhor’ which means ‘the big cloth’:

a Harris tweed jacket.

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