tweed
41tweed — [19] The story attached to the origin of tweed is that it resulted from a misreading of tweel, or perhaps more plausibly the past form tweeled, Scottish variants of twill or twilled, under the influence of the name of the Scottish river Tweed.… …
42tweed — noun Etymology: probably short for Scots tweedling, twidling twilled cloth Date: 1841 1. a rough woolen fabric made usually in twill weaves and used especially for suits and coats 2. plural tweed clothing; specifically a tweed suit …
43tweed — n. herringbone tweed * * * [twiːd] herringbone tweed …
44tweed — noun a rough surfaced woollen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland. ↘(tweeds) clothes made of tweed. Origin C19: orig. a misreading of tweel, Scots form of twill, influenced by assoc. with the river Tweed …
45tweed — n. 1 a rough surfaced woollen cloth, usu. of mixed flecked colours, orig. produced in Scotland. 2 (in pl.) clothes made of tweed. Etymology: orig. a misreading of tweel, Sc. form of TWILL, infl. by assoc. with the river Tweed …
46Tweed — I. biographical name William Marcy 1823 1878 Boss Tweed American politician II. geographical name river 97 miles (156 kilometers) SE Scotland & NE England flowing E into North Sea …
47tweed — (entrée créée par le supplément) (touid) s. m. Sorte d étoffe. • L industrie lainière de l Écosse s est attachée particulièrement à la confection des châles, tweeds, tartans et autres tissus fins ; les tweeds sont le grand article de la… …
48tweed — noun Tweed is used before these nouns: ↑coat, ↑jacket, ↑suit …
49tweed — {{hw}}{{tweed}}{{/hw}}s. m. inv. Tessuto sportivo in lana a grossa trama, solitamente a due colori, fabbricato in Scozia. ETIMOLOGIA: voce ingl., dallo scozzese twill ‘tessuto’, con sovrapposizione di Tweed, nome di un fiume scozzese che scorre… …
50tweed — A male professor in the humanities. Judging by the facial hair, the pipe clamped between his teeth, the corduroy trousers, and the paunch, my guess is he s a tweed …
