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

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)

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

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

Where were the stately dames in stiff brocade, the shaven priests, the fool in motley, the vassals, the yeomen in hodden gray and broad blue bonnet?

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various

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