■ noun a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland.
↘( ~s ) clothes made of ~.
Origin
C19: orig. a misreading of tweel , Scots form of twill , influenced by assoc. with the river Tweed .
■ noun a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland.
↘( ~s ) clothes made of ~.
Origin
C19: orig. a misreading of tweel , Scots form of twill , influenced by assoc. with the river Tweed .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004