TWEED
What does "TWEED" mean?
A rough woollen cloth, usually flecked with mixed colours, used for coats and jackets.
Meanings
- A coarse, durable woollen fabric, often woven in muted, flecked patterns. He wore a tweed jacket with leather elbow patches.
- Clothing or a suit made of this fabric. The whole shooting party turned up in tweeds.
Did you know?
- Tweed got its name from a clerical error: a London merchant in the 1830s misread the Scots word 'tweel' (twill) as 'tweed', and because the River Tweed ran through the weaving country, the mistake felt right and stuck.
Word origin
An accidental name: a misreading of Scots 'tweel' (the dialect form of 'twill'), influenced by the River Tweed in Scotland where the cloth was made; the misspelling stuck.
Remember it
TWEED hides the River TWEED in Scotland - and the cloth is named after a misreading of 'tweel' near that very river.
A little poem
Grey, fawn, heather-flecked-
a whole moor woven small enough
to wear through the rain.
haiku
Wordplay
- The fabric was supposed to be called 'tweel', but a clerk's slip wove a new name - tweed's whole identity is one beautiful typo.
What it teaches
Some of the best names are honest mistakes nobody bothered to correct.
Quick facts
What does TWEED mean?
A rough woollen cloth, usually flecked with mixed colours, used for coats and jackets.
Is TWEED a valid word?
Yes — TWEED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TWEED?
TWEED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TWEED come from?
An accidental name: a misreading of Scots 'tweel' (the dialect form of 'twill'), influenced by the River Tweed in Scotland where the cloth was made; the misspelling stuck.
What can TWEED teach us?
Some of the best names are honest mistakes nobody bothered to correct.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.