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the fabric that survived two world wars and is now slowly hunting you for sport
means A rough, woven woolen cloth, usually flecked with mixed colors, prized for warmth and durability and beloved of country jackets and academics.
from A happy accident: the word likely comes from 'tweel,' the Scots form of 'twill' (the diagonal weave). The popular story says a London merchant in the 1830s misread a Scottish invoice as 'tweed' — perhaps nudged by the River Tweed that runs through the wool-weaving Borders — and the misreading stuck. So the cloth may owe its name to bad handwriting and a convenient river.
Origin mythName born from a clerk misreading the Scots word tweel
Bulletproof-ishDense weave once shrugged off thorns, weather, and gunpowder
Harris lawReal Harris Tweed must be handwoven in islanders' own homes
Spy uniformAcademic elbow patches signal brains, not just frayed sleeves
Smell testGenuine tweed smells faintly of wet sheep when damp