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

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hodden

Vashti had discarded her cloak of furs, and faced him now in such garb as is worn by the poorest in the Islands: a short gown of hodden gray, coarse-knitted stockings, and stout shoes.

From Major Vigoureux by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

But Meg, poor Meg! maun wi' the shepherds stay, And tak what God will send in hodden gray.'

From Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series by Smeaton, William Henry Oliphant

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

The game of love is the same, whether the players be clad in velvet or in hodden grey.

From St. Patrick's Eve by Lever, Charles James

For Anton Lennox would have none of these gauds, but was in an ordinary blue bonnet and hodden grey.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)