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

It was but of stout hodden grey and a checked plaid like the rest.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Class distinctions were observed rigidly, and the merchant clad in hodden grey and the lawyer robed in black were pushed aside with some contempt when there was any conflict between the aristocrats.

From Heroes of Modern Europe by Birkhead, Alice

These Quakers would have the world go in hodden gray, and clumsy shoes and stockings.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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

We wear no velvets, nor satins fine; We dress in a very homely way; But, ah! what luminous lustres shine About Sunbeam's gowns and my hodden gray.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various