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

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

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 Roby, John

And down through the midst ran the Avon southward, like a silver ribbon slipped through Kendal green, to where the Stour comes down, past Luddington, to Bidford, and away to the misty hills.

From Master Skylark by Bennett, John

The young officer appeared as Robin Hood, in a sporting dress of Kendal green, and a foraging cap, with a gold tassel.

From Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving by Caldecott, Randolph

Half an hour later Debora came down the stairs dressed in the suit of Kendal green.

From A Maid of Many Moods by Sheard, Virna