noun
definition
A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
Examples of tweed in a Sentence
What frontier was adopted after Agricola's departure, whether Tweed or Cheviot or other, is unknown.
There is a large manufacture of tweed.
Two bridges connect the town with the south side of the Tweed.
The battle of Carham (1018) had given this land to the Scots, and Canute consented to draw the border line of England at the Tweed instead of at the Firth of Forth, when Malcolm did him homage.
It was not Stephens fault that the boundary of England did not permanently recede from the Tweed and the Soiway to the Tyne and the Ribble.
The death of the younger Henry had made Richard heir to all his fathers lands from the Tweed to the Bidassoa save Brittany, Richard!.
The Scottish parliament was to continue, though representatives from beyond Tweed were also to be sent to the English parliament.
Northumberland also enlisted the services of his chief Scottish prisoner, the earl of Douglas, who promised him aid from beyond Tweed.
The Scots crossed the Tweed, and Charless army was Scottish well pleased to fly before them.
On the English side the region is watered by the Till, Bowmont, Coquet, Rede and North Tyne; on the Scottish by the Tweed, Whiteadder, Leet, Kale, Jed, Kershope, Liddel, Esk and Sark.
The spinning, weaving and knitting of wool is a widespread industry, and the native tweed (va Smal) is the principal material for the clothing of the inhabitants.
It is situated on the north bank of the Tweed, here spanned by John Smeaton's fine bridge of five arches, erected in 1763-1766, 131 m.
Beds have interior spring mattresses, two pillows per person, duvets and a tweed bedcovers.
The plumage is very variable, including red beret, tweed jacket and an orange proboscis.
The Coastguard had reported a stranded dolphin in Berwick on Tweed, right on the Scottish boarder.
Today heâs wearing a tweed jacket with leather patches on the elbows and gray trousers from British Home Stores.
He talked of trout and Tweed, Tay and Teviot, Highland lochs and leaping salmon.
Yesterday was Bamburgh beach and Berwick on Tweed, tomorrow the otter sanctuary in the North Pennines.
Dublin wasn't rubbish 7 years ago when I was there, I saw a lovely tweed skirt and they had great make up.
They inhabited some rarefied social stratosphere and wore jackets manufactured from what one can only refer to as consultant's tweed.
You could try mixing a tweed sofa in a modern design with a chair in faux suede or velvet.
For many months afterward I expected her to come into Mother's living room, smiling and wearing her white Irish tweed suit.
The river Glen is a tributary of the River Till which in turn is the only English tributary of the River Till which in turn is the only English tributary of the Scottish River Tweed.
We always aim to use Scottish tweed in our collections.
I look out and see yards upon yards of brown tweed stretched out on a rack in the field.
He'll have purple and black velvet browband and I'll be in gray tweed with purple tie and brooch.
He noticed that he was dressed in a dark suit of scotch tweed, over which he wore a light overcoat.
Women's tweed jackets made from locally woven Harris tweed jackets made from locally woven Harris Tweed?
The company produces a range of accessories in cashmere and makes high quality tweed and leather bags under its Lovat Bag Company operation.
A classic pure wool tweed set for game shooting and dog training.
W., is noted for the Tweed vineries, which are heated by 5 m.
In 1871 he was prominent in the re-organization of Tammany after the fall of the "Tweed Ring"; from 1875 until the end of 1886 (except in 1879-1881) he was a representative in Congress; in 1876 he left Tammany for the County Democracy; in the Hayes-Tilden campaign of that year he was chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and in Congress he was one of the House members of the joint committee which drew up the famous Electoral Count Act providing for the Electoral Commission.
To this period also belong George and Matthew Culley - the former a pupil of Bakewellwho left their paternal property on the bank of the Tees and settled on the Northumbrian side of the Tweed, bringing with them the valuable breeds of live stock and improved husbandry of their native district.
Huntly Banks, where "true Thomas" lay and watched the queen's approach, is half a mile west of the Eildon Tree Stone, and on the west side of the hills is Bogle Burn, a streamlet that feeds the Tweed and probably derives its name from his ghostly visitor.
They shed layers to reveal a see-through sequined cocktail dress beneath a prim knee-length tweed coat, or a camisole top under a blazer.
Dublin was n't rubbish 7 years ago when I was there, I saw a lovely tweed skirt and they had great make up.
They inhabited some rarefied social stratosphere and wore jackets manufactured from what one can only refer to as consultant 's tweed.
For many months afterward I expected her to come into Mother 's living room, smiling and wearing her white Irish tweed suit.
A new range of taffeta fabric has been used for curtains and heavy textured tweed sofas sit alongside leather and wood lamps.
The River Glen is a tributary of the River Till which in turn is the only English tributary of the Scottish River Tweed.
He noticed that he was dressed in a dark suit of Scotch tweed, over which he wore a light overcoat.
Women 's tweed jackets made from locally woven Harris Tweed?
Very unusual was a tweed skirt with a front inset of rainbow knit wool.
So out came the soft brown tweed trousers, matching handbag and shoes, and back went the jeans and trainers.
The tweed suit will prove a solace to his feelings.
Ragged men crouched in doorways held out their tweed caps.
Consultant 's tweed was not available on the open market, it was not available within the myriads of outlets of the rag-trade.
Whether you like them in tweed or corduroy, you'll look great in this trend.
If the coat is a girls spring dress coat or a summer coat, it can still be a lightweight wool or tweed, but linen is also a popular choice.
All come with a retro-looking tweed covering and have all-tube insides.