tweed: Meaning and Definition of

tweed

1. a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors, either hand-spun and handwoven in Scotland or reproduced, often by machine, elsewhere.
2. garments made of this cloth.
3. a paper having a rough surface, used esp. for certain photographic prints.

Tweed

1. (“Boss Tweed”), 1823–78, U.S. politician.
2. a river flowing E from S Scotland along part of the NE boundary of England into the North Sea. 97 mi. (156 km) long.
3. a male given name.