hodden

/ ˈhɒdɪn; ˈhɒdən /

noun

1. a coarse homespun cloth produced in Scotland: hodden grey is made by mixing black and white wools

Word History and Origins

Origin of hodden¹

C18: Scottish, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

"Looks as if we were near West Hodden sand," Marston remarked.

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Grey hodden was made by mixing black and white fleeces together in the proportion of one to twelve when weaving.

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They sang the same songs, told the same tales, ate the same kind of broth from the same kind of bowls, and dressed in the same coarse goods of hodden gray.

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“Hodden grey” for the men and correspondingly good wear for the females—most of it home made—were the ordinary fabrics.

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But Meta was one of those girls that, however humble their early surroundings, if transplanted to a higher sphere, grace it Meta, in her Norland home, dressed in hodden grey or simple wincey, was a lady.

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