TWEED


Meaning of TWEED in English

n. 1 a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, usu. of mixed flecked colours, orig. produced in Scotland. 2 (in pl.) clothes made of tweed.

[ orig. a misreading of tweel, Sc. form of TWILL, infl. by assoc. with the river Tweed ]

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