单词 | kendal green |
释义 | Kendal green in British Englishnoun 1. a green woollen cloth, formerly worn by foresters 2. the colour of this cloth, produced by a dye obtained from the woad plant See also dyer's-greenweed Word origin C14: from Kendal, where it originatedKendal green in American English (ˈkendl) noun 1. a coarse woolen cloth, green in color 2. a shade of green produced by a dye extracted from the woadwaxen plant Word origin [1505–15; named after Kendal, town in Cumbria, England, where the cloth was originally woven and dyed]This word is first recorded in the period 1505–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alternate, grade, joggle, producer, terrace |
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