Harris tweed

See also: harris tweed

English

Noun

Harris tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Harris tweeds)

1. A loosely woven tweed made by hand on the island of Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     So Enid and Malone walked up and down outside. As they were so engaged another taxi drove up and a large, untidy-looking, ungainly bearded man in a suit of Harris tweed stepped out of it.

Derived terms

• harris
• harris tweed