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What (who) is tweed - definition

ROUGH, UNFINISHED WOOLLEN FABRIC, OF A SOFT, OPEN, FLEXIBLE TEXTURE, NOW OFTEN MADE OF OTHER FIBERS
Twead cap; Fabric tweed; Tweeds; Tweed (fabric); Tweed cloth; Windowpane tweed; Tweed (cloth)
  • Bike in Tweed, [[Stockholm]] 2013
  • herringbone]] [[twill]] pattern, mid-20th century
  • Tweed making at the Leach family woollen mill at [[Mochdre, Powys]], [[Wales]], 1940

tweed         
A male professor in the humanities.
Judging by the facial hair, the pipe clamped between his teeth, the corduroy trousers, and the paunch, my guess is he's a tweed.
tweed         
¦ noun a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland.
?(tweeds) clothes made of tweed.
Origin
C19: orig. a misreading of tweel, Scots form of twill, influenced by assoc. with the river Tweed.
tweed         
n. herringbone tweed

Wikipedia

Tweed

Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained by mixing dyed wool before it is spun.

Tweeds are an icon of traditional Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English clothing, being desirable for informal outerwear, due to the material being moisture-resistant and durable. Tweeds are made to withstand harsh climates and are commonly worn for outdoor activities such as shooting and hunting, in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland, tweed manufacturing is now most associated with County Donegal but originally covered the whole country. In Scotland, tweed manufacturing is most associated with the Isle of Harris in the Hebrides.

Examples of use of tweed
1. He looks restrained, speaks quietly and wears neat tweed jackets.
2. Jeff Tweed of the Henderson County (North Carolina) Sheriff‘s Department.
3. She also recalls his nickname as a young man –– "Tweed." "He had this tweed suit and he loved it," she says, smiling.
4. Jeff Tweed of the Henderson County (N.C.) Sheriff‘s Department.
5. A multimillionaire, he often wore old, ill–fitting suits and sometimes jogged in a tweed coat.