Adjective(1) of textiles; having a rough surface(2) characteristic of country life(3) made of cloth spun or woven in the home(4) of textiles(5) having a rough surface(6) spun from home
Noun(1) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home(2) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with homespun yarn
Adjective(1) of textiles; having a rough surface(2) characteristic of country life(3) made of cloth spun or woven in the home(4) of textiles(5) having a rough surface(6) spun from home
Noun(1) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home(2) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with homespun yarn
(1) His mother had spun and woven flax and wool; his father had operated a wool-carding mill and a shop for pressing and dyeing homespun cloth.(2) She looked no more than five and a half feet tall, and she wore a simple, pale red dress of homespun cotton.(3) So what has all this homespun philosophy got to do with the crisis in public liability insurance?(4) u2018Oh, I was selling some of my homespun yarn to the tailor,u2019 Emily replied.(5) His patient rise from humble origins to eminence, his simple tastes and homespun manner, inspired general affection.(6) Only on isolated frontiers might homespun fabrics still be found; only among urban elites did imported textiles have a substantial market.(7) He was barely adolescent and wore rough, homespun clothes and a round, hard top hat exactly the same as Adam had sported as a boy.(8) The men wear baggy trousers, usually made of indigo-dyed homespun fabric.(9) The cloths she made for her family always looked of finer quality then normal homespun , and wore even longer.(10) There could even be a variety of homespun cottage industries that might sprout up in conjunction with the city, and could thrive and flourish as viable and even vital parts of it.(11) Wigan's improvement since losing their first two matches has been both remarkable and romantic - a heart-warming tale of homespun success in these increasingly mercenary times.(12) She slipped it over her head and loved the feel of such smooth fabric after more than a month of coarse homespun .(13) But she said he would benefit most from a piece of simple homespun advice.(14) Women wear long, homespun skirts and sweaters.(15) The sessions are homespun affairs, filled with truisms and real-life examples that anyone can relate to.(16) Donegal was originally a thick and warm homespun or tweed woven by Irish peasants in Donegal, Ireland.
