/ twiːd; NAmE / noun
1.
[ U ] a type of thick rough cloth made of wool that has small spots of different coloured thread in it :
a tweed jacket
2.
tweeds [ pl. ] clothes made of tweed
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: originally a misreading of tweel , Scots form of twill , influenced by association with the River Tweed .