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

• Irish: bréidín m
• Italian: tweed m
• Macedonian: твид m (tvid)
• Portuguese: tweed m
• Russian: твид (ru) m (tvid)
• Scottish Gaelic: clò m

Anagrams

• dewet

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twid/

Noun

tweed m (uncountable)

1. tweed