(transitive, obsolete, except in, Northern England, and, Scotland) to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
(transitive, obsolete, except in, Northern England, and, Scotland) to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
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(obsolete, Scotland) A tool; an implement.
(Scotland, obsolete) clothing; rags.
(Scotland) coarse undyed woollen cloth.
A Scottish dialect word for worn-out or ragged clothing — the kind barely worth keeping. Used dismissively to describe threadbare dress. Now thoroughly obsolete, it has a satisfying comic weight that feels more expressive than plain 'rags.' Typically used about the dress of someone poor or careless.
A cloth or yarn made from such hair.