TWEED

flannel, gabardine, tweed, white

(noun) (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

tweed

(noun) thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

tweed (countable and uncountable, plural tweeds)

A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.

Anagrams

• dewet, dweet, tewed

Proper noun

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

a river in the Scottish Borders area which for part of its length forms the border between Scotland and England. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, England. Tweed cloth takes its name from this river, see tweed.

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tweed is the 11456^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2750 individuals. Tweed is most common among White (91.6%) individuals.

Anagrams

• dewet, dweet, tewed

Source: Wiktionary

Tweed, n. Etym: [Probably a corruption of twills. See Twill.]

Definition: A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition