Tweed is a thick woollen cloth, often woven from different coloured threads.
...shooting coats in tweed or rubberised cotton.
...my father's old tweed cap.
2. plural noun
Someone who is wearing tweeds is wearing a tweed suit.
...an academic, dressed in tweeds and smoking a pipe.
tweed in British English
(twiːd)
noun
1.
a.
a thick woollen often knobbly cloth produced originally in Scotland
b.
(as modifier)
a tweed coat
2. (plural)
clothes made of this cloth, esp a man's or woman's suit
3. (plural) Australian informal
trousers
Word origin
C19: probably from tweel, a Scottish variant of twill, influenced by Tweed
Tweed in British English
(twiːd)
noun
a river in SE Scotland and NE England, flowing east and forming part of the border between Scotland and England, then crossing into England to enter the North Sea at Berwick. Length: 156 km (97 miles)
Tweed in American English1
(twid)
ˈWilliam Marcy (ˈmɑrsi) 1823-78; U.S. politician & corrupt Tammany leader
called Boss Tweed
Tweed in American English2
(twid)
river in SE Scotland flowing east through NE England into the North Sea: 97 mi (156 km)
tweed in American English
(twid)
noun
1.
a wool fabric with a rough surface, in any of various twill weaves of two or more colors or shades
2.
a suit, skirt, etc. of this
3. [pl.]
clothes of tweed
Word origin
< misreading of tweel, Scot form of twill: later assoc. with Tweed2
Examples of 'tweed' in a sentence
tweed
Who wants to a wear a tweed jacket and tie to do that?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Santa, below Hard hat or tweed cap?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Or a variety of my male friends think tweed flat caps are a good idea.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Why does the owner of a castle wear a threadbare tweed?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Take this tweed skirt onto the street with a grey sweat.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He will wear a tweed jacket and corduroy trousers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Next up there was a tweed skirt.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It'd be like teaming a well cut tweed suit with a pair of training shoes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It included a heavy tweed coat with a silk lining in red, white and blue.
Giles Whittell Spitfire Women of World War II (2007)
He is dressed in a grey Donegal tweed knicker suit.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But a little old lady in a Harris tweed coat and a matching hat?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Along with the suit, tweed is one of our gifts to the fashion world.
The Sun (2012)
I am hankering after a new warm tweed or wool winter coat.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I like we a ring tweed coats with no waistline.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Tall, lean and mildly elliptical, he cuts a cerebral figure in tweed blazer and jeans.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The fine collection offers tweeds, woollen ties and Shetland hand knits.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So head out and enjoy it: grab tweed cap and wellies, and get busy with our eight favourite winter country pursuits.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yes, summer is over, but at least that means you can crack open the tweed blazer and wear a long fringe again.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I'm not going to wear knee-length tweed skirts.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Now worn with a tweed cap for domestic tasks, it is the only item of uniform I retained for future use.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Word lists with
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In other languages
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British English: tweed NOUN
Tweed is a thick woollen cloth, often woven from different coloured threads.