Irish tweed

American  

noun

1. a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.

2. any tweed made in Ireland.

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Etymology

Origin of Irish tweed

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

He wore his usual attire of an Irish tweed jacket, cowboy boots and a fedora.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2016

Photograph: Tristram Kenton I once made an informal investigation into the alternative-life fantasies of famous authors. coveted the position of agent for Irish tweed in Trieste.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2012

Mr. Smith, of Athlone, makes twelve and a half miles of Irish tweed every week, and sells it rather faster than he can make it.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

Without English custom the Irish tweed mills would not run a single day.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

She smiled at Lady Eileen, but not patronizingly, because a mysterious instinct told her that the plain, pleasant young girl in Irish tweed was a "swell."

From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)