TWEED


Meaning of TWEED in English

■ 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 .

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