hodden

British  

/ ˈhɒdɪn, ˈhɒdən /

noun

1. a coarse homespun cloth produced in Scotland: hodden grey is made by mixing black and white wools

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Etymology

Origin of hodden

C18: Scottish, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Grey hodden was made by mixing black and white fleeces together in the proportion of one to twelve when weaving.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

They sang the same songs, told the same tales, ate the same kind of broth from the same kind of bowls, and dressed in the same coarse goods of hodden gray.

From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

What, though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden pray, and a' that?

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

Man, the great mime, must move the Momus vein, Whether he follow fashion or the wain, In ermine or in hodden.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 by Various

She spoke with the haste of one wishing to forestall the possible thwarting of elderly objection, and ended with a dancing-school curtsey before the boy in hodden gray.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville