tweed

¹

[ tweed ]

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.

Tweed

²

[ tweed ]

noun

1. William Mar·cy [mahr, -see] Boss Tweed, 1823–78, U.S. politician.
2. 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.

tweed

¹

/ twiːd /

noun

1. 1. a thick woollen often knobbly cloth produced originally in Scotland
   2. ( as modifier )

      a tweed coat

2. plural clothes made of this cloth, esp a man's or woman's suit
3. informal.
   plural trousers

Tweed

²

/ twiːd /

noun

1. 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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweed¹

1835–45; apparently back formation from Scots tweedling twilling (now obsolete) < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweed¹

C19: probably from tweel , a Scottish variant of twill , influenced by Tweed

Example Sentences

You can wear tweeds and Wellies unapologetically, and not just if you’re an Instagram influencer.

From Time

The 34-year-old designer, who grew up in Colorado, created the ocean-blue tweed coat adorned with crystals and paired with a matching dress in her New York workroom.

From Washington Post

Emhoff, per her Instagram Stories, wore Batsheva under a sparkle-adorned tweed coat from Miu Miu.

From Vox

Tweed is estimated to have swindled the equivalent of $3.5 billion from New York during his time as a senator.

From The Daily Beast

Or a horse and carriage, like the one driven a young man in a tweed suit and cap from yesteryear, as he gazed up at the stars.

From The Daily Beast

Semi-rigged elections, and blurred lines between business and government—Beijing's wrangling would make Boss Tweed proud.

From The Daily Beast

A turtleneck gray sweater—it was herringbone tweed—and a cap.

From The Daily Beast

Knickers I had designed—gray tweed, gray leather gloves, gray socks.

From The Daily Beast

He looks about thirty-five, has a clean-shaven intelligent face, and is dressed in a dark tweed suit.

From Project Gutenberg

And, after him, from the far end rose also the figure in the tweed suit, leaving Harris by himself.

From Project Gutenberg

She considered the embers on the stone, and then her grey eyes travelled back to the spare, tweed-clad figure beside it.

From Project Gutenberg

For a moment neither spoke; then Maynard acknowledged her presence by raising his tweed hat.

From Project Gutenberg

Berwick-on-Tweed lies partly in England and partly in Scotland, the river which runs through it forming the boundary line.

From Project Gutenberg

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