tweed

noun

1
: a rough woolen fabric made usually in twill weaves and used especially for suits and coats
2
tweeds plural : tweed clothing
specifically : a tweed suit

Examples of tweed in a Sentence

a skirt made of tweed The elderly professor was always seen in his tweeds.
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Knightley first wore the dress at a pre-BAFTA bash in 2008 beneath a black coat, and again on her wedding day with a white tweed jacket and flower crown, Vogue reported. Janine Henni, People.com, 17 May 2025 One rainy day last spring, I was greeted there by the 41-year-old musician and writer Jaime Brooks, who wore a tweed jacket over a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan Foresight Prevents Blindness. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025 The blazer featured an olive green Italian blend of linen and silk in a herringbone tweed pattern. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2025 Dressed for the day’s raw weather in a zippered wool jacket and a gray tweed cap, his look was less Oscar and Palme d’Or winner than outer-arrondissement working stiff. Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tweed

Word History

Etymology

probably short for Scots tweedling, twidling twilled cloth

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tweed was in 1841

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Cite this Entry

“Tweed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweed. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

tweed

noun
1
: a rough woolen cloth
2
plural : tweed clothing (as a suit)

Geographical Definition

Tweed

geographical name

river 97 miles (156 kilometers) long in southeastern Scotland and northeastern England flowing east into the North Sea

Biographical Definition

Tweed

biographical name

William Marcy 1823–1878 Boss Tweed American politician

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