Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A durable, water-repellent, coarse woolen fabric used chiefly for coats and jackets.
- n. A deep olive green.
Wiktionary
- n. A thick waterproof cloth used for coats.
- n. A dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.
- adj. Of a dark green colour, like that of loden cloth.
Etymologies
- German, coarse fabric, from Middle High German lode, from Old High German lodo.
Examples
“It had a Red Riding Hood thing going, with models dressed in loden and purple, dressed for a hunt in the forrest.”
The Wall Street Journal: Brioni Aims for Powerful, Mature Women
“It included a rusty brown outerwear jacket with detachable fur-edged hood; a sleek charcoal cashmere round-necked dress with three-quarter-length sleeves; a loden green zipped jacket worn over a pencil skirt; a navy, three - quarter-length coat with an off-side zipper that was so "Jackie" and wearable and chic.”
The Huffington Post: Nancy Marks: Get to Know: Isaac Mizrahi
“The first thing you notice is Isaac's great sense of color: luscious deep red, tangerine, pinkberry, loden, beautiful shades of blue and gold.”
The Huffington Post: Nancy Marks: Get to Know: Isaac Mizrahi
“Evenings are rife with simple black dressing, but day calls for entrance-making loden jackets, cinched at the waist and accented with a puff of fur or a rhinestone-embellished belt.”
The Huffington Post: Felicia C. Sullivan: Sneak a Coveted Peek: LOFT Holiday 2010
“Yes, loden green and navy blue will be standing front and center on your rack, and they are ideal investments—very slimming too.”
“He is wearing his loden coat, one of those hooded Tyrolean things of coarse cloth with wooden toggles for buttons.”
“Probably not, because her body had been found still wearing that loden coat.”
“She was fully dressed and wearing a green loden coat and she was wrapped in a sheet.”
“Nadine came walking up Clinton Avenue at midnight, wearing her loden coat and her winter cap.”
““Haar,” Papa exhaled, as he saw the gray loden coat of Madame Mallory suddenly disappear around a corner stall.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘loden’.
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Colour Me Happy
violet, lavender, rose, eggshell, mauve, fuschia, grey, azure, almond, sienna, purple, periwinkle and 71 more...
seanahan A fabric used in coats, the color of a deep olive-green. Jan 4, 2008
bilby "He wore a green loden coat and a hunter's hat and held a rifle at the ready as though at any moment he might raise it and blow some small animal to pieces."
- 'The Colour Of Blood', Brian Moore. Jan 3, 2008