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homespun — [ omspɶn ] n. m. • 1890; mot angl. « filé (spun) à la maison » ♦ Anglic. Tissu écossais primitivement fabriqué à domicile par des artisans. ⇒HOMESPUN, subst. masc. Tissu de laine fabriqué, à l origine, à domicile, par des artisans d Écosse.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Homespun — Home spun, a. 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. Homespun country garbs. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. Our homespun English proverb. Dryden. Our homespun authors … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
homespun — HÓMESPUN s.n. Tip de ţesătură pentru stofe de lână care imită lucrul în războiul de casă. [< engl. homespun]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 21.04.2005. Sursa: DN HOMESPUN HĂUM SPöN/ s. n. ţesătură de lână ecosez, la războiul de ţesut manual, din… … Dicționar Român
homespun — [hōm′spun΄] n. 1. cloth made of yarn spun at home 2. coarse, loosely woven cloth like this adj. 1. spun or made at home 2. made of homespun 3. plain; unpretentious; homely [homespun virtues] … English World dictionary
Homespun — Home spun, n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun. [1913 Webster] 2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
*homespun — ● homespun nom masculin (anglais homespun, filé à la maison) Tissu de laine écossais, primitivement fabriqué par des ouvriers à domicile … Encyclopédie Universelle
Homespun — (engl., spr. hōm ßpönn, »daheim gesponnen«), grobfadiger, mit Chinagrasfasern melierter und leicht gerauhter Damenkleiderstoff mit 13–16 Fäden auf 1 cm Bindung Köper 2/2 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
homespun — index inelegant, mundane, ordinary, simple Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
homespun — (adj.) 1580s, spun at home,” from HOME (Cf. home) + SPUN (Cf. spun). Figurative sense of “plain, homely” is from c.1600. As a noun, from c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
homespun — (izg. hȏumspan) m DEFINICIJA rukom tkana tkanina od meke, dugodlake vunene pređe ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
homespun — [adj] spun from home crude, handcrafted, handmade, homemade, ordinary, plain, rough, rustic, simple, unrefined, unsophisticated; concept 536 … New thesaurus
