tweed

• From Scots tweel, with confusion with the River Tweed, near which much cloth of this type was produced.

• Rhymes: -iːd

tweed (countable and uncountable, plural tweeds)

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

     “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.”

• dewet, dweet, tewed

< English tweed

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʋiːdi/, [ˈt̪ʋiːdi]

tweed

1. tweed (fabric)

• tweedkangas

• IPA^(key): /twid/

tweed m (uncountable)

1. tweed

• “tweed” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

tweed m (uncountable)

1. tweed (coarse woolen fabric)

tweed m (uncountable)

1. tweed