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

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Kendal green

Off then, I wish you, with your Kendal green; Let not sad grief in fresh array be seen.

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

There is mist tonight on Bagshot Heath, and men in Kendal green are out.

From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen

Half an hour later Debora came down the stairs dressed in the suit of Kendal green.

From A Maid of Many Moods by Sheard, Virna

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

Why, how couldst thou know these men in Kendal green, when it was so dark thou couldst not see thy hand? come, tell us your reason: what sayest thou to this?

From King Henry IV, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William