tweed

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Tweed

Etymology

• From Scots tweel, with confusion with the River Tweed.

Noun

tweed (plural tweeds)

1. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, Well Tackled!^[1]:

     “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”

Translations

coarse woolen fabric

• Czech: tvíd (cs) m
• Esperanto: tvido (eo)
• French: tweed (fr) m
• Georgian: ტვიდი (ka) (tvidi)
• German: Tweed m
• Greek: τουίντ (el) n (touínt)

• Irish: bréidín (ga) m
• Italian: tweed (it) m
• Macedonian: твид (mk) (tvid) m
• Portuguese: tweed (pt) m
• Russian: твид (ru) (tvid) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: clò (gd) m

Anagrams

• dewet

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French

Noun

tweed m (usually uncountable)

1. tweed