Thesaurus: homespun
Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.
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Definitions
- a. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain.
- a. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse.
- n. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.
- n. An unpolished, rustic person.
- adj. of textiles; having a rough surface
- adj. characteristic of country life
- adj. made of cloth spun or woven in the home
- n. a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home
- 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. "Homespun country garbs." W. Irving. 2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb." Dryden. "Our homespun authors." Addison. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun. 2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak.
- n:100 n. a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home s. of textiles; having a rough surface s. made of cloth spun or woven in the home