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

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 tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine— A man's a man for a' that.

From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)

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

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)