tweed

tweed

noun \ˈtwēd\

Definition of TWEED

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

Examples of TWEED

1. a skirt made of tweed
2. The elderly professor was always seen in his tweeds.

Origin of TWEED

probably short for Scots tweedling, twidling twilled cloth

First Known Use: 1841

Rhymes with TWEED

bead, Bede, bleed, brede, breed, cede, creed, deed, feed, Gide, gleed, greed, heed, keyed, knead, kneed, lead, mead, Mead, Mede, meed, need, plead, read, rede, reed, screed, seed, Snead, speed, steed, swede, treed, weed