Kendal green

American  

[ken-dl] / ˈkɛn dl /

noun

1. a coarse woolen cloth, green in color.

2. a shade of green produced by a dye extracted from the woadwaxen plant.

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Kendal green British  

noun

1. a green woollen cloth, formerly worn by foresters

2. the colour of this cloth, produced by a dye obtained from the woad plant See also dyer's-greenweed

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Etymology

Origin of Kendal green

First recorded in 1505–15; named after Kendal, town in Westmoreland, England, where the cloth was originally woven and dyed

Example Sentences

But three knaves, in Kendal green, came at my back, and let drive at me; for it was so dark, Hal, that thou couldst not see thy hand.

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

He stooped down—rising again to the astonished eyes of the fair dames and nobles at the upper bench, in the forester's habit of Kendal green, with cloak and doublet of the same colour.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

Well he knew the figure in the Kendal green suit.

From A Maid of Many Moods by Sheard, Virna

Why, how couldst thou know these men in Kendal green, when it was so dark thou couldst not see thy hand?

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

Bateman of Kendal gave us Kendal green, And Sharpe of Leeds sharp arrows for us made: At Rotheram dwelt our bowyer, God him bless; Jackson he hight, his bows did never miss.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew