tweeds
noun
1.
a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
2.
tweeds, garments made of this cloth.
3.
a paper having a rough surface, used especially for certain photographic prints.
Origin:
1835–45; apparently back formation from Scots tweedling twilling (now obsolete) < ?
1835–45; apparently back formation from Scots tweedling twilling (now obsolete) < ?
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noun
si2.
a river flowing E from S Scotland along part of the NE boundary of England into the North Sea. 97 miles (156 km) long.
3.
a male given name.
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tweed (twiːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a thick woollen often knobbly cloth produced originally in Scotland |
| b. (as modifier): a tweed coat | |
| 2. | (plural) clothes made of this cloth, esp a man's or woman's suit |
| 3. | informal (Austral) (plural) trousers |
| [C19: probably from tweel, a Scottish variant of | |
| Tweed (twiːd) | |
| —n | |
| a river in SE Scotland and NE England, flowing east and forming part of the border between Scotland and England, then crossing into England to enter the North Sea at Berwick. Length: 156 km (97 miles) | |
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tweed
1847 (perhaps as early as 1831), a trade name said to have developed from a misreading (supposedly by London hatter James Locke) of tweel, Scottish variant of twill, possibly influenced by the river Tweed in Scotland. Tweedy "characteristic of the country or suburban set" first recorded 1912.
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