Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A coarse cloth made of undyed wool of the natural color, formerly much worn by peasants.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Scot. Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants.

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  • adjective Scotland, archaic A coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scottish peasants.

Etymologies

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Perhaps akin to English hoiden rustic, clownish.

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