Kendal green
Americannoun
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a coarse woolen cloth, green in color.
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a shade of green produced by a dye extracted from the woadwaxen plant.
noun
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a green woollen cloth, formerly worn by foresters
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the colour of this cloth, produced by a dye obtained from the woad plant See also dyer's-greenweed
Etymology
Origin of Kendal green
First recorded in 1505–15; named after Kendal, town in Westmoreland, England, where the cloth was originally woven and dyed
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He stooped down—rising again to the astonished eyes of the fair dames and nobles at the upper bench, in the forester's habit of Kendal green, with cloak and doublet of the same colour.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
The tradition does not seem improbable, for Kendal has, from time immemorial, been renowned for its cloth—the famous "Kendal green" worn, in old ballads, by the English archers.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
Off then, I wish you, with your Kendal green; Let not sad grief in fresh array be seen.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
Why, how couldst thou know these men in Kendal green, when it was so dark thou couldst not see thy hand?
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
Why, how couldst thou know these men in Kendal green when it was so dark thou couldst not see thy hand?
From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
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