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

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Example Sentences

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hodden

Oh, geck na' at hame hodden gray, Jean Linn!

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers

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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Mungo was finished with the coat; he held it out at arm's length, admiring its plenitude of lace, and finally put off his own hodden garment that he might try on the Chamberlain's.

From Doom Castle by Neil Munro

She no longer wore a skirt of beautiful green, but a long robe of hodden grey covered her from head to foot.

From Stories from the Ballads Told to the Children by Katharine Cameron

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 Theodore Ledyard Cuyler

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