loden
Americannoun
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a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
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Also called loden green. the deep olive-green color of this fabric.
noun
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a thick heavy waterproof woollen cloth with a short pile, used to make garments, esp coats
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a dark bluish-green colour, in which the cloth is often made
Etymology
Origin of loden
1910–15; < German; Old High German lodo; compare Old English lotha cloak, Old Norse lothi fur cloak, lothinn shaggy
Example Sentences
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At the head of a table, under a photo of Schwarzenegger, sat Karl Schranz, eighty, four-time winner of the Hahnenkamm, in a green loden jacket.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
My job is the sort where traditional dressing is de rigueur, and my closet has a high proportion of tweed, loden, and waxed cotton.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2014
Was it all inspired by a first foray into menswear by Mr. Dundas, who described the men’s loden jackets as filling a gap in his own closet?
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2011
“Austria, the Tyrol, loden, Sissi, Diana the Huntress,” were the words that came from the designer backstage.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2011
They were the kind of thing that Germans wear on their summer walking tours—long shooting capes made of a green stuff they call loden.
From Greenmantle by Buchan, John
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