Kendal green

American  

[ken-dl] / ˈkɛn dl /

noun

1. a coarse woolen cloth, green in color.

2. a shade of green produced by a dye extracted from the woadwaxen plant.

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Kendal green British  

noun

1. a green woollen cloth, formerly worn by foresters

2. the colour of this cloth, produced by a dye obtained from the woad plant See also dyer's-greenweed

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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

Example Sentences

There is mist tonight on Bagshot Heath, and men in Kendal green are out.

From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen

Southward I dare not fly: fain, fain I would To Scotland bend my course; but all the woods Are full of outlaws, that in Kendal green Follow the outlaw'd Earl of Huntington.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

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 Hazlitt, William Carew

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 Shakespeare, William

It was in the town of Kendal that was made the foresters' woollen cloth known as "Kendal green," which was the uniform of Robin Hood's band.

From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook, Joel