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

Beautiful and eloquent tribute, paid by an unlettered peasant, not to rank or to wealth, but to a soul—a mighty soul though clad in "hodden grey" like himself!

From Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography by Cuyler, Theodore Ledyard

The rough farmer in hodden gray had disappeared, and in his place stood a stalwart and handsome young gentleman in green slashed doublet and hosen of soft cream cloth.

From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Bevan, Tom

He remembered her of old a daring and entrancing vocalist, in the harmony one thread of gold among the hodden grey of those simple unstudied psalmodists.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

The red sun stared unwinking at the East Then slept under a cloak of hodden gray; The rimy fields held the last light of day, A little tender yet.

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

The burial service was read over him and then Prince Henry, clothed in a cloak of hodden gray, and carrying a beggar's wallet, was thrust from the door of the church into perpetual banishment.

From The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose by Hayman, Doris