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Harris tweed definition

Harris tweed

a soft, all-wool tweed, hand-woven on the islands of the Outer Hebrides

Etymology: after Harris (see Lewis with Harris), in the Outer Hebrides, where the cloth is made

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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