Definition of "tweed"

tweed

/twiːd/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural tweeds
1. A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
  Quotations
  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., […]
  1839, Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Central Criminal Court. Minutes of Evidence, page 75
  “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.”
  1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!‎