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

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)

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

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

That group, with wild beards and long unkempt hair, clad in rough garments of every shade, from "butternut" to hodden gray, come evidently from the far uplands of Virginia.

From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)

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