woollen+cloth
121tartan — tartan1 noun a woollen cloth woven in one of several patterns of coloured checks and intersecting lines, especially of a design associated with a particular Scottish clan. Origin C15: perh. from OFr. tertaine, denoting a kind of cloth; cf.… …
122tartan — noun 1 a) (U) woollen cloth, originally from Scotland woven with bands of different colours and widths that cross each other at right angles b) (C) this pattern on other cloth: Her skirt is a red and green tartan. 2 (C) a special pattern of this… …
123tweed — noun (U) 1 rough woollen cloth woven from threads of different colours, used mostly to make jackets jacket (1), suits, and coats 2 tweeds (plural) a suit of clothes made from this type of cloth …
124frieze — I. /friz / (say freez) noun 1. that part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice, commonly ornamented with sculpture. 2. any similar decorative band or feature, as on a wall. {French frise, ? from Medieval Latin frisium, frigium… …
125plaid — pronounced plad, is a length of fabric worn over the shoulder as part of the ceremonial dress of members of the pipe bands of Scottish regiments. It should be distinguished from tartan, which is a woollen cloth with a pattern of different… …
126duffel — (also duffle) ► NOUN 1) a coarse woollen cloth with a thick nap. 2) N. Amer. sporting or camping equipment. ORIGIN from Duffel, the name of a town in Belgium where the cloth was originally made …
127facecloth — ► NOUN 1) (Brit. also face flannel) a small towelling cloth for washing one s face. 2) smooth surfaced woollen cloth …
128tartan — ► NOUN ▪ a woollen cloth woven in one of several patterns of coloured checks and intersecting lines, especially of a design associated with a particular Scottish clan. ORIGIN perhaps from Old French tertaine, denoting a kind of cloth; compare… …
