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Houndstooth vs Tweed - What's the difference?

houndstooth | tweed |

As nouns the difference between houndstooth and tweed

is that houndstooth is a fabric pattern of broken checks while tweed is a coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.

houndstooth

English

Noun

(wikipedia houndstooth) (houndsteeth)
  • A fabric pattern of broken checks

    • Synonyms

    * dogstooth

    tweed

    English

    (wikipedia tweed)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=13 citation , passage=“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.”}}

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