Meaning of Tweed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
   countable, uncountable
2. A river in the United Kingdom; a river in the Scottish Borders area which for part of its length forms the border between Scotland and England. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, England.
   countable, uncountable
3. A municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
4. An unincorporated community in Laurens County, Georgia, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. A local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, named after the Tweed River; in full, Tweed Shire.
   countable, uncountable
6. A river in this region of New South Wales.
   countable, uncountable
7. A surname.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“MICHAEL NOWAK, alias John Mazurkiewiez, was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of April, 2 1/4 yards of woollen cloth, called tweed, value 12s., and 2 1/4 yards of woollen cloth, called doe-skin, value 17s., […]”

““Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.””

“The Tweed is a salmon river, and the Blessing of the Nets ceremony heralds the start of the fishing season.”

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